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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 →
[Zimbabwe is suffering from a severe drought combined with a severe economic crisis. An overwhelming majority of young children in the country are malnourished, and there has been a recent increase in the number of children who have died due to severe malnutrition. The tragic situation in Zimbabwe can be largely attributed to economic underdevelopment... 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 →
[Eight years on and the world is still witnessing the horrors of NATO’s regime change operation in Libya. Once considered the “Jewel of Africa”, Libya is now a haven for extremists, torture, violence, and slavery. As this article points out, the victims of these atrocities are often lost at sea while trying to escape the... Continue Reading →
[Genuine aid would be unconditional and impartial. Retinal scanning and facial recognition technology should not be a necessary component of a food aid operation. Clearly there are ulterior motives for such a move. It turns out that the largest donors to the WFP (the program responsible for food aid in Yemen) are the same barbarous... Continue Reading →
[The Venezuelan government has criticized a report recently released by the UN which presents distorted and misleading information about the country’s human rights situation in an attempt to blame the government of Venezuela for conditions which have been largely caused by US sanctions and the freezing of Venezuelan assets abroad. The UN report is in... Continue Reading →
[On September 8th two U.S. jets bombed the town of Hajin, in the Syrian Deir Ezzor province, using banned white phosphorus incendiary munitions. Throughout the conflict, the U.S. and its allies have made a habit of accusing the Syrian government of using chemical weapons (and other fabricated atrocities) to use as pretexts to prolong and... Continue Reading →
[The real war criminals are the imperialists who destabilized Syria, then armed and trained the al-Nusra Front and ISIS. Any ad hoc tribunal would be a farce without including as suspects: the United States, NATO, and their Mideast allies. -Uziel] GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations war crimes investigators plan to publish names of suspects involved... Continue Reading →
[Libya is still in chaos after NATO and their Islamist allies deposed the Gadhafi regime. Instead of prosperity, Libya is now a land ruled by militias, warlords, and death squads. NATO has delivered the people of Libya into the hands of right-wing sectarian warlords. Without a strong central state, Libya's resources are more easily... Continue Reading →
[Northern Korea received more aid form the US than any other Asian country during much of the 1990s. Today, northern Korea receives support from the UN. Despite claims to the contrary, the regime is hardly self sufficient. --NP] WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Food Program may have to shut down its operations in North Korea... Continue Reading →
[NATO deposes Gaddafi. Libya is in sectarian chaos. Now, the UN is planning an official invasion of "peace keepers." Typical imperialist MO. -- NP] Rival militias are battling for control of Libya's international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground. (Christian Science Monitor) A daily roundup of... Continue Reading →
Israel elected to leadership of UN committee on “Decolonization” by Ali Abunimah (http://electronicintifada.net) Just when it appeared that the United Nations could not be more ineffective in protecting Palestinian rights and holding Israel accountable for violating them, here comes the news that Israel has been elected as vice-chair of the UN Special Commitee on Decolonization... Continue Reading →
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