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Libya: Mass Executions Alleged At Military Base, Says HRW
May 23, 2017 Eurasia Review 0 Comment Human Rights, Libya, MENA, Military
By Eurasia Review
Forces aligned with the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) attacked a military base and allegedly executed at least 30 captured soldiers, Human Rights Watch said. A hospital official and an eyewitness told Human Rights Watch that soldiers from the 13th Battalion aligned with the GNA Defense Ministry attacked the base in Brak El-Shati, in southern Libya, on May 18, 2017, and executed troops from the 12th Battalion of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The head of the GNA’s Presidency Council ordered an investigation and the suspension of his defense minister and the commander of the battalion responsible for the attack. The summary execution of persons who have been captured or who have surrendered constitutes a war crime.
“The Government of National Accord should act on its promise to investigate allegations that its troops executed opposing forces who had already been rounded up,” said Eric Goldstein, Middle East and North Africa deputy director at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities need to send a strong message that such crimes will not be tolerated which means that if the allegations are true, they should try those responsible.”
The LNA does not recognize the authority of the GNA, and instead supports rival authorities based in the east.
A senior official in the main hospital in Brak El-Shati told Human Rights Watch by phone that the hospital had received 75 dead as of May 19, all adult men with the exception of 2 boys aged around 15, and that around 30 were military personnel. The official said that all the military dead had died from gunshot wounds, and that all had bullet wounds to their head. He also said that five corpses arrived at the hospital with bound arms, and another six had been disfigured in a way that suggested their heads had been run over by a vehicle. The official said the hospital received no one injured in the attack, nor did it receive any casualties from the 13th Battalion. News reports quoted an LNA spokesperson saying 141 were killed.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/23052017-libya-mass-executions-alleged-military-base-says-hrw/
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We really need to support all of these "freedom fighters". This moderate behavior once again shows the brilliance of our foreign policy.
Thank god president Trump has kept us on this strategically genius plan.
God bless America, and our subcontracted terrorists.
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May 23, 2017 Eurasia Review 0 Comment Human Rights, Libya, MENA, Military
By Eurasia Review
Forces aligned with the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) attacked a military base and allegedly executed at least 30 captured soldiers, Human Rights Watch said. A hospital official and an eyewitness told Human Rights Watch that soldiers from the 13th Battalion aligned with the GNA Defense Ministry attacked the base in Brak El-Shati, in southern Libya, on May 18, 2017, and executed troops from the 12th Battalion of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The head of the GNA’s Presidency Council ordered an investigation and the suspension of his defense minister and the commander of the battalion responsible for the attack. The summary execution of persons who have been captured or who have surrendered constitutes a war crime.
“The Government of National Accord should act on its promise to investigate allegations that its troops executed opposing forces who had already been rounded up,” said Eric Goldstein, Middle East and North Africa deputy director at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities need to send a strong message that such crimes will not be tolerated which means that if the allegations are true, they should try those responsible.”
The LNA does not recognize the authority of the GNA, and instead supports rival authorities based in the east.
A senior official in the main hospital in Brak El-Shati told Human Rights Watch by phone that the hospital had received 75 dead as of May 19, all adult men with the exception of 2 boys aged around 15, and that around 30 were military personnel. The official said that all the military dead had died from gunshot wounds, and that all had bullet wounds to their head. He also said that five corpses arrived at the hospital with bound arms, and another six had been disfigured in a way that suggested their heads had been run over by a vehicle. The official said the hospital received no one injured in the attack, nor did it receive any casualties from the 13th Battalion. News reports quoted an LNA spokesperson saying 141 were killed.
http://www.eurasiareview.com/23052017-libya-mass-executions-alleged-military-base-says-hrw/
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We really need to support all of these "freedom fighters". This moderate behavior once again shows the brilliance of our foreign policy.
Thank god president Trump has kept us on this strategically genius plan.
God bless America, and our subcontracted terrorists.
This message has been brought to you by our friendly ministry of information, and Baghdad Bob's close cousin, Washington DC Bob. There are no tanks in Baghdad, and the US government does not employ terrorists.
