USA. American courts adjudge bomb in a bag to be “weapon of mass destruction”!
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April 23, 2013 at 3:47 pm #81817
steve colborn
ParticipantCan you believe that the USA, a country with the biggest arsenal of destructive weapons on the planet, has the temerity to call "a bomb in a bag", a weapon of mass destruction! Whilst no one, least of all a Socialist can condone the Boston Marathon bombing, neither can Socialists fail to see and comment upon, the hypocrisy engendered in a court statement, so at odds with the very nature of US society, moreover, Capitalism as a whole.
For a Court, in a country, that has spent it's time since WW2 bombing all who oppose them, with the biggest, most destructive weapons known to man, to make such a statement, would be laughable if the results of US actions had not resulted in the deaths and injuries to millions!
Another case of the double standards of Capitalism!
Steve.
April 25, 2013 at 5:08 am #93915ALB
KeymasterI noticed that legal definition of a "weapon of mass destruction" too. Actually, to define any weapon that can kill a "mass" of people in one go as a WMD seems fair enough. It reinforces our traditional definition of armies as killing machines and soldiers as trained killers. All armies, in all countries, possess WMDs. Mass killing is what they are about. Compared to them the Boston bombers are just incompetant amateurs.
April 25, 2013 at 7:55 am #93916alanjjohnstone
KeymasterThe USA variously defines terrorism as “to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; . . . to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or . . . to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping;” "…the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives" In September 2002 the US national security strategy defined terrorism as "premeditated, politically motivated violence against innocents" This definition did not exclude actions by the United States government and it was qualified some months later with "premeditated, politically motivated violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents"."the unlawful use of violence or threat of violence to instill fear and coerce governments or societies. Terrorism is often motivated by religious, political, or other ideological beliefs and committed in the pursuit of goals that are usually political.”The European Union defines terrorism as certain criminal offences set out in a list consisting largely of serious offences against persons and property that; “..given their nature or context, may seriously damage a country or an international organisation where committed with the aim of: seriously intimidating a population; or unduly compelling a Government or international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act; or seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation.”The UK definition isb) the use or threat is designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public and (c) the use or threat is made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.It includes not necessarily violence to persons but also acts "designed seriously to interfere with or to seriously disrupt an electronic system" (Obama has already admitted to this type of terrorism against Iran) Rosalyn Higgins,a judge at the International Court of Justice, "Terrorism is a term without any legal significance. It is merely a convenient way of alluding to activities, whether of States or of individuals widely disapproved of" It seems under all those definitions Blair and Bush would be convicted since the Iraq War would no doubt be considered an unlawful and illegal under International Law and that they used the methods of terrorism, including kidnapping. In fact so would many other politicians.
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