Category Archives: The Crime of Aggression (writings, documents)

The Washington Post admits huge CIA operation in Syria

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 24. July 2017 by

Run from secret operations centers in Turkey and Jordan, a CIA program pumped many hundreds of millions of dollars to many dozens of militia groups in Syria. This was revealed now by the Washington Post. The rise and fall of the Syria covert action program conveys some useful lessons about this most delicate weapon in the United States’ arsenal, writes the Washington Post, acknowledging the US major role in destabilizing Syria.

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Fifteen years of U.S. crimes in Afghanistan

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 8. November 2016 by

Millions of Afghans have had their lives permanently changed by the U.S. war, which marked its 15th anniversary on Oct. 7 — an unpropitious date that came and went with little attention in the media, and virtually no acknowledgment by major American politicians. More than a decade of nonstop war has pushed Afghanistan to the brink of catastrophe. And things are getting worse, not better.

At least 220,000 Afghans were killed in the first 12 years of the war, in a conservative estimate, according to a report by the Nobel Prize-winning organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

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Hillary Laughed ‘I Came He Died’

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 19. October 2016 by

As the news of murder of Libya’s revolutionary leader, Chairman of the African Union and defender of Africa from European neocolonial murderous exploitation was still fresh, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a laugh with a television news reporter moments after hearing the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had been killed.
“We came, we saw, he died,” she joked when told of news reports of Qaddafi’s death by an aide in between formal interviews.”

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US and Britain wrangled over Iraq’s oil in aftermath of war, Chilcot shows

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 10. July 2016 by

The US and British governments fought bitterly over control of Iraq’s oil following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Chilcot papers show. Tony Blair seemed more concerned than the Americans about any invasion being seen by critics as a war for oil, telling them it would be very damaging if the two countries were seen to “grab Iraq’s oil”.

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Is media just another word for control?

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 4. April 2014 by

A recent poll asked people in Britain how many Iraqis had been killed as a result of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The answers they gave were shocking. A majority said that fewer than 10,000 had been killed. Scientific studies report that up to a million Iraqi men, women and children died in an inferno lit by the British government and its ally in Washington. That’s the equivalent of the genocide in Rwanda. And the carnage goes on. Relentlessly.

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Questions to readers

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 31. January 2014 by

10 challenging questions for readers 1. On what base did the Security Council determine in the morning of September 12, 2001, that the mass murder of the previous day was an act of “international” terrorism?2. On what evidence did the … Read more . . .

UK Chilcot Inquiry: “The Iraq War Was Unlawful”. Unanimous Legal Opinion of Foreign Office Lawyers

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 6. January 2013 by

Untitled http://www.globalresearch.ca/uk-chilcot-inquiry-the-iraq-war-was-an-unlawful-unanimous-legal-opinion-of-foreign-office-lawyers/5317696 UK Chilcot Inquiry: “The Iraq War Was Unlawful”. Unanimous Legal Opinion of Foreign Office Lawyers Cameron government is blocking publication of their “official” report By Carl Herman Global Research, January 04, 2013 Washington’s Blog   The UK Cameron … Read more . . .

U.S. threatens to commit aggression against Iran

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 17. May 2012 by

http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-us-military-option-for-iran-is-ready-american-ambassador-says/ The US military option for Iran is ‘ready,’ American ambassador to Israel saysDaniel Shapiro’s comments, made at closed forum in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, broadcast on Channel 2 news By Michal Shmulovich and Greg Tepper May 16, 2012, 9:20 … Read more . . .

“Responsibility to Protect” as Imperial Tool: The Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. February 2012 by

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/20/the-case-for-a-non-interventionist-foreign-policy/ February 20, 2012 “Responsibility to Protect” as Imperial ToolThe Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy by JEAN BRICMONTLouvain-la-Neuve The events in Syria, after those in Libya last year, are accompanied by calls for a military intervention, in order to … Read more . . .

NATO’s Libya War: A Nuremberg Level Crime

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 26. August 2011 by

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/08/natos-libya-war-nuremberg-level-crime.htmlNATO’s Libya War: A Nuremberg Level Crime Stephen Lendman, August 2011 The US/UK/French-led war on Libya will be remembered as one of history’s greatest crimes. It violates the letter and spirit of international law and America’s Constitution. The Nuremberg Tribunal’s … Read more . . .

Bombing Iraqi children

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. May 2008 by

Letter from Mosul Middle East International, 2 July 1999 By Felicity Arbuthnot MOSUL, IRAQ'S LARGEST NORTHERN city, lies in the Governorate of Nineveh, immortalised in John Masefield's poem Cargoes – "Quinquereme of Nineveh from distant Ophir … ” and Kipling: … Read more . . .

Imperial reasoning for the right to commit aggression

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 13. February 2007 by

Imperial reasoning for the right to commit aggression British House of Commons Standing Committee D Tuesday 10 April 2001 International Criminal Court Bill [Lords] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmstand/d/st010410/pm/10410s01.htm Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough): “War is rarely, if ever, started or initiated by democracies [1] … Read more . . .