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U.N. Scolds U.S. for Deadly Strike on Iran Terror Leader Soleimani
 [BREITBART] The deadly January U.S. dronezap that eliminated Iran’s terror commander Qasem Soleimani and nine other people was a violation of international law, a U.N. human rights...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... investigator claimed Monday.The United States has failed to provide sufficient evidence of an ongoing or imminent attack against its interests to justify the strike on General Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport, lamented U.N. special rapporteur Agnes Callamard a full six months after the event. The attack violated the U.N. Charter, Callamard alleged in a report calling for accountability for assassinations by armed drones and for greater regulation of the weapons. "The world is at a critical time, and possible tipping point, when it comes to the use of drones. ... The Security Council is missing in action; the international community, willingly or not, stands largely silent," Callamard, an independent investigator, told Rooters. Soleimani directed Iranian military operations abroad, including terror strikes in third party states. Just one week before his death, he is thought to have directed rocket attacks that killed an American civilian contractor in Iraq. A United Nations "scolding?" I recommend it be worn as a badge of honor. Posted by: Fred 2020-07-08 |
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