IN THE SPIRIT of helping Amnesty International uncover actual war crimes being committed in Iraq, I submit the following:
[I]n the city of Ubaydi, Multi-National Forces rescued a local Iraqi man yesterday morning during a raid on a suspected terrorist safe-house.
The construction worker, recently employed to build an animal hospital, was found blindfolded and beaten in a house. The house also contained various IED making materials and communication devices. He explained to his rescuers that while driving to pick up medication for his young child, terrorists kidnapped him from his vehicle; and while being held hostage, terrorists repeatedly beat and whipped on his exposed back, legs and arms.
Coalition forces are treating his wounds and will return him to his home once his wounds have received proper medical attention. After analyzing his wounds, doctors believe he was held for nearly three days.
Just in case AI wasn’t clear whether or not these actions constitute war crimes, I’ve taken the liberty of consulting the handbook:
The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited. (Fourth Geneva Convention, Protocol I, Article 51)
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The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever, whether committed by civilian or by military agents: (a) violence to the life, health, or physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular: (i) murder; (ii) torture of all kinds, whether physical or mental; (iii) corporal punishment; and (iv) mutilation;
(b) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, enforced prostitution and any form or indecent assault; (c) the taking of hostages; (d) collective punishments; and (e) threats to commit any of the foregoing acts. (Fourth Geneva Convention, Protocol I, Article 75)
I expect to see this prominently featured in their next annual report.
And, it turns out, there really HAS BEEN TARGETTING OF JOURNALISTS IN THE MIDEAST--but, oh shucks, It WAN'T BY AMERICANS!:
A prominent anti-Syrian journalist has died after a bomb destroyed his car as he started the engine in a Christian district of Beirut.
The killing of columnist Samir Qaseer four days after the start of Lebanon's staggered parliamentary elections has shocked a country still coming to terms with the February assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Opposition figures were quick to point the finger at allies of Damascus and urged anti-Syrian leaders to close ranks.
Security sources said Mr Qaseer of the An-Nahar newspaper died instantly in the blast that destroyed his white Alfa Romeo car outside his home in the Ashrafiyeh district.
Mr Qaseer has for years called for an end to Syria's role in Lebanon. Syria ended its 29-year military presence in Lebanon in April under international and Lebanese popular pressure.
And, lastly....oh the humanity in the American Gulag (tm)....
I tell you, Americans are so bad...really, I mean, the fact that they can secretly force terrorists with their minds to kidnap and attempt to kill Construction workers in Iraq, and can manipulate the Syrians into blowing up a journalist.....
