We Arabs: Who Are We and Where Are We Going? Part One
(This is a translation from the original Arabic, offered so that my grandchildren, and others of their generation, may understand something of their history— a history they were denied when…
Attacking Electricity Infrastructure Is a WarCrime—Why Iraq Was Ignored and Ukraine Is Not
International humanitarian law is unequivocal: deliberatelyattacking civilian objects indispensable to the survival of thecivilian population constitutes a war crime. Electricitygeneration and distribution systems fall squarely within thisprotection when they serve…
To Suhaila
(To my friend Suhaila, whose steadfast principled standagainst injustice, and whose patience in defending theoppressed, defy description.)Suhaila, spare yourself blame and reproach—not every wise soul is granted understanding.You are not…
An attack on nuclear, chemical, or biological facilities is a war crime!
The recent Zionist aggression against Iran brought to mind a political and legal issue that both Iraq and Syria experienced; one that Zionists restricted their reporting through their tyrannical media,…
Dr Abdul-Haq Al-Ani-“THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND I”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSX6uuMvMJk&t=1s After years of striving for justice for Iraqis he is calling on Parliament to remove the protection from prosecution afforded to Blair et al. in the Geneva Conventions, International…
WHO CONTROLS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT?
The Statute of Rome, which set up the International Court of Justice (ICC), has one article which casts a shadow on its judicial independence. Article 16 of the ICC Charter…
Putin is Misguided
Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement, of 13 January 2019, (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201901131071434981-netanyahu-israel-syria-attacks/) can only be read in the light of the continuous coordination between Israel and Russia, the last of which was reported as…
The Security Council and Syria
When a competent analyst like Finian Cunningham writes that: “American forces – about 2,000 on the ground as well as warplanes – are in violation of international law since they…
Shoigu Encroaches Further Upon Lavrov’s Territory
Both RT and Sputnik carried an item of news stating that: ‘Moscow alarmed that US spy plane coordinated drone attack on Russia's Syria base’ which in some details explains how…
When Shoigu Overrules Lavrov, Rules of Engagement May Change!
“Something good may come out of a bad incident”, so goes the Arab proverb. And so indeed the downing of the IL20 may mean to beleaguered Syria.
It is no secret that there has been continuous tension between the two ministries of defence and foreign affairs in Russia over the last five years’ policies in Syria. Only a negligent observer could have missed the different tone of, or even conflict in, the statements made by both sides on several occasions.
At the heart of the tension is a simple fact. Lavrov and his gang of Zionist sympathisers want to maintain the status quo of appeasing International Zionism in order for the latter to let Russia into the Club. On the other side Shoigu and his generals have the duty of seeing that the security of their men and the interests of Russia are secured. But those two objectives have turned out to be incompatible. You cannot appease International Zionism and at the same time protect Russian interests simply because the former is out to destroy, weaken or contain the latter. (more…)