• Libya: Gaddafi investigated over use of rape as weapon
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[release] [h2]Libya: Gaddafi investigated over use of rape as weapon[/h2] [b]The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says there is evidence that Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi ordered the rape of hundreds of women as a weapon against rebel forces. [/b] Luis Moreno-Ocampo said rape was a new aspect of Colonel Gaddafi's repression. He said he was also looking at possible evidence that pro-Gaddafi security forces had been given medication such as Viagra to enhance their sex drive. There has so far been no comment on the allegations by the Libyan authorities. Last month, Mr Moreno-Ocampo asked ICC judges to approve arrest warrants for Col Gaddafi, his Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi. He accused them of committing two categories of crimes against humanity - murder and persecution - and said they bore the greatest responsibility for attacks on civilians at the beginning of the anti-government uprising in February, when between 500 and 700 are thought to have been killed. The Libyan government does not recognise the ICC's jurisdiction. [b]'New aspect of repression'[/b] On Wednesday, Mr Moreno-Ocampo said that if the arrest warrants were issued, he might add the charge of rape to the case. He told reporters at the UN in New York that he had collected evidence suggesting the Libyan leader had decided to punish women by using rape as a weapon in the hope that it would instil fear and curb dissent. "It was never the pattern he used to control the population. The rape is a new aspect of the repression. And that's why we had doubts at the beginning but now we are more convinced," he said. "Apparently, he decided to punish, using rape." He said it was difficult to know how widespread the use of rape was. "In some areas we had a number of 100 people raped. The issue for us was, can we attribute these rapes to Gaddafi himself, or is it something that happened in the barracks," he explained. Mr Moreno-Ocampo also said some witnesses had confirmed that the Libyan government was buying containers of Viagra-type drugs to carry out the policy, and to "enhance the possibility to rape". "We are trying to see who was involved," he added. In March, a Libyan woman, Eman al-Obeidi, made headlines around the world after she burst into a Tripoli hotel and said she had been raped by Col Gaddafi's troops. She is recovering at a refugee centre in Romania. [b]'Very slow progress'[/b] Mr Moreno-Ocampo's comments came after Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance would continue its campaign in Libya for as long as it takes to defeat Col Gaddafi's forces. Speaking at a Nato defence ministers' meeting in Brussels, Mr Rasmussen said that the alliance had to prepare for a future without Col Gaddafi, but that the alliance would not be putting troops on the ground after the conflict was over. Last week, Nato extended its air operations for another 90 days and increased the scope of its UN-mandated campaign to protect civilians. Since then, attack helicopters have gone into action and command centres in Tripoli pounded. However, on a visit to Cairo, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm Mike Mullen, described progress in Libya as "very slow" and said it was a challenge for anybody to know when Col Gaddafi would leave. In a message broadcast on Tuesday, Col Gaddafi vowed to remain in the country "dead or alive", and said Libyans would defeat their enemies. Meanwhile, reports from the Libyan city of Misrata say at least 14 rebels have been killed in operations to push back pro-Gaddafi positions to the east and west. Health officials and a rebel spokesman said more than 20 others were wounded when government forces responded with heavy artillery fire. The BBC's David Loyn in Misrata says rebels claimed they had moved forward several miles east to the outskirts of the next coastal town of Tawargha. There was a steady stream of casualties from the frontline. [/release] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13705854[/url] I don't even ... :ohdear:
[img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01833/blair_1833408c.jpg[/img] that is all i have to say
[QUOTE=thisispain;30345789][img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01833/blair_1833408c.jpg[/img] that is all i have to say[/QUOTE] this
Fucking good! I was scared that it would be forgotten amiss everything else going on with the Libyan war. Those tactics are just beyond monstrous.
How decadent.
I think he's mad.
Defend that, yaik9a.
suddenly, when you're losing, rules don't matter anymore. someone needs to take down gaddafi right now
The brainwashed inivuduals in the military and their cultural view on women.. Don't surprise me that this happens :(
Justice must be bringed.
Mass rape of women isn't an uncommon thing in Africa strangely enough, it's even been used as a weapon by other people before. Just puts Gaddafi up there with the all time crazy Dictators though, a place he rightly deserves.
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Pretty much the entire world has been trying to take Gaddafi down. Yet they haven't done it. I just hope rape isn't used as a weapon against men in the rebellion. :ohdear:
Why everyone talks about Libya? Just shut the fuck up and let them slaughter themselves. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Shit poster, can't behave." - Swebonny))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Utiltrk;30355985]Why everyone talks about Libya? Just shut the fuck up and let them slaughter themselves.[/QUOTE] no you shut up you horrible person. dont you have some flags to be burning :frog:
Ah,republican retards at work.
[QUOTE=Utiltrk;30356130]Ah,republican retards at work.[/QUOTE] I wish you didn't get permabanned. Your posts are fucking awesome.
They were given viagra because his forces have erectile disfuction :v:
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;30346364]Fucking good! I was scared that it would be forgotten amiss everything else going on with the Libyan war. Those tactics are just beyond monstrous.[/QUOTE] How is this good? This entire report is a mockery of due process. So far, after reading the article, they talk a lot about "evidence" of crimes without elaborating or demonstrating it, make hilariously fanciful claims of viagra shipments witnessed by conveniently unnamed people with no possibility of being tracked down and sourced, witnesses to apparent crimes who also can't be tracked, ect. Not to mention it's bogus to have a legal entity proclaim judgment of any kind over something outside it's jurisdiction; this is criminal in every way. They've done a good job of making a monster out of someone they want gone. Where is Wikileaks when you need them?
[QUOTE=Jenkem;30371982]They've done a good job of making a monster out of someone they want gone. Where is Wikileaks when you need them?[/QUOTE] There isn't anything to leak, it's true what they've said in this article.
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