Genocide

Le général Lecointre et le lourd silence autour du génocide au Rwanda

Les mots prononcés par Christophe Castaner semblaient un peu sur-joués et sonner faux en ce mercredi matin lors de l’annonce de la nomination au poste de chef d’État-Major des armées (1) du général François Lecointre, « chéros », pour reprendre l’expression répétée cinq fois en dix secondes (à ré-écouter ici) par le porte-parole du gouvernement.

Trump Plans To Close ‘War Crimes Office’ Sparking Concern

Pfc. Lynndie England holding a leash attached to a detainee in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to shut down the U.S.’s office dedicated to advising his department on issues related to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, according to a new report by Foreign Policy.

Israel’s Ever-more Sadistic Reprisals Against Palestinians Help Bolster its Victim Image

When Israel passed a new counter-terrorism law last year, Ayman Odeh, a leader of the country’s large minority of Palestinian citizens, described its draconian measures as colonialism’s “last gasp”. He said: “I see … the panic of the French at the end of the occupation of Algeria.”
The panic and cruelty plumbed new depths last week, when Israeli officials launched a $2.3 million lawsuit against the family of Fadi Qanbar, who crashed a truck into soldiers in Jerusalem in January, killing four. He was shot dead at the scene.

Srebrenica’s New Ultra-Nationalist Mayor Denies Bosnian Genocide

Ema Hasanovic, a young Bosnian Muslim girl, pays her respects near to the coffin of her uncle, in the Srebrenica massacre Memorial center in Potocari, 200 km northeast of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP/Amel Emric)
Once every year, the Mothers of Srebrenica host a ceremony to remember their fathers, sons, husbands, and brothers who were hunted down and systematically murdered by Serbian forces on 11 July 1995. They were killed because they were Muslim.

Propaganda, Genocidaire Kagame, and Israel

Rwanda’s tragedy has been exploited for many purposes. Add slandering a pro-Palestinian activist to the list.
Since I wrote this article about the Jewish Defense League last month, Toronto’s Alex Hundert has repeatedly labeled me anti-Semitic. The self-declared “anti-fascist” tweeted at Pacific Free Press, Rabble, the NDP and others to “cut ties” with me.

Israeli Minister Calls For Assassination Of Syria’s President

Israeli general, now Housing Minister. Yoav Galant is openly calling for the assassination of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad.(AP/Ariel Schalit)
Housing Yoav Galant on Tuesday condemned the genocide taking place in Syria, adding that “it is time to eliminate” President Bashar Assad, following US accusations that the regime is using a crematorium to hide atrocities being committed outside Damascus.

War Crimes & Genocide: What You Aren’t Being Told About US Involvement In Yemen

(ANTIMEDIA) — If the public were to rely solely on the U.S. government and its respective mouthpieces for its source of news, one might assume Iran is to blame for the current crisis engulfing Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country.
From Reuters:
“At least 10,000 people have been killed and more than 3 million displaced in the war in Yemen, now in its third year. Millions of people are also struggling to feed themselves.

Serving the Rich, Elite and Criminally Insane Capitalists: The Unsilencing of Intellect

One of the toughest things I’ve been facing is the bald-faced collective delusion of fellow Americans. From the rank and file social worker, to even the people I serve – homeless, street people, addicted, just out of prison – to the creeps at the top, like my own Oregon’s Phil Knight, Nike guy, all the way through to the politicians, bureaucrats, and those vaunted intellectuals. These delusions center around capitalism, the buy-sell world of service economies, deep into the transnational crap that is the under girder of America’s engines of the rich.