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[The US continues to bully the rest of the world for its little sibling, Israel. This week the United States threatened the ICC (International Criminal Court) against investigating Israeli war crimes. This comes as no surprise as both the US and Israel have committed numerous atrocities throughout history. Additionally, despite the burgeoning financial crisis, the... Continue Reading →
No to War on Iran! 10 January 2020 LLCO.org On January 3, 2020, Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and 9 others were killed in a U.S. airstrike at the Baghdad International Airport. Under the UN Charter, the assassination of Soleimani is illegal and in clear violation of international law. It is clear that the unilateral... Continue Reading →
[Will the US, France, or the UK pay for what they have done? We won't be holding our breath. The UN is a weapon, and it is wielded by the powerful against the weak. It is incredibly naive to believe that any of the permanent members of the Security Council would be brought to justice... Continue Reading →
[More evidence that international law is a farce. Israel blatantly and routinely violates the sovereignty of other weaker states in the region yet suffers no consequences at the hands of the international community. As this article points out, the recent Israeli attacks on Syria have been largely ignored. It is clear that the modern conception... Continue Reading →
[Following the recent example of Britain’s illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, Ukraine seized a Russian tanker at the port of Izmail in southwestern Ukraine on the 25th of July. The Ukrainian government claims the Russian-flagged tanker “Nika Spirit” was involved in the Kerch Strait incident that occurred in... Continue Reading →
[In response to the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar by British forces, Iran has seized two British oil tankers, one of which has already been released. The one currently being held, the Stena Impero, is British-flagged, and Iran claims that the tanker failed to observe international maritime regulations in... Continue Reading →
[Since the new President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, took office, Ukrainian military attacks against civilians in the Donbass region have increased in intensity. Although there has been routine shelling of civilian areas ever since the armed conflict started in 2014 following the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in Ukraine and the secession of its eastern regions, people... Continue Reading →
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