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War Crime? [8 vote(s)]

Yes
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I don't care
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A starving child is just one less child we have to worry about
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ich_binJason


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090306/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_sudan;_ylt=A2KIKvKsaLFJDAgAG22s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiM2ZlcHYwBHBvcwM0MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawN1bnRvc2VlaWZzdWQ

-The U.N. human rights office will examine whether Sudan's decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights and possibly a war crime, a spokesman said Friday.

-The World Food Program says some 1.1 million of the 2-3 million Sudanese people it feeds each month are dependent on deliveries from the groups that have been expelled.

-Sudan ordered the organizations out after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur conflict It has accused the groups such as CARE and Save the Children of cooperating with the court and giving false testimony.

-Under the Geneva Conventions it is illegal to intentionally starve people to death by blocking their access to food. The rule applies to international conflicts, but efforts have been made to incorporate it in customary international humanitarian law, which would carry weight in courts.

-Also that Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) group has been expelled. you remember the "expand" guy from the speech he gave us in October.


Is this a war crime? Starving and depriving 1.1 million people of basic things such as medicine and food. Is Sudan screwing themselves over even more after their president has already been issued a warrant for his arrest for his war crimes in the Darfur region?

-- Edited by ich_binJason at 18:41, 2009-03-06

-- Edited by ich_binJason at 18:43, 2009-03-06

-- Edited by ich_binJason at 18:46, 2009-03-06

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I absolutely believe it's a war crime. Although it won't have an immediate, devastating effect, one can assume. Sudan is seriously and quickly becoming Public Enemy #1 of the entire world right now.

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PS, it's 'Doctors Without Borders'

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Well like you said, under the Geneva Conventions it is illegal to intentionally starve people and since in this case its over a million people then it should go under the category of a war crime. And its sad to hear that the "Doctors Without Borders" group has been expelled. And yes Sudan is screwing themselves over. They're angry because the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for their president and they think the groups such as CARE and Save the Children gave false testimony.

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'its over a million people then it should go under the category of a war crime. '


If you're in power, and you're intentionally starving ANY number group of people, no matter how big or small, should be classified as a war crime, in my opinion.

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whoever voted for A starving child is just one less child we have to worry about just made me really really sad. :(
war crime.

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