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tdford333

Yemen civilians shudder, bristle under bombing campaign - US News - 0 views

www.usnews.com/...bels-amid-saudi-led-airstrikes

civilian yemen

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  • As Saudi-led airstrikes pound Yemen rebels, UN and Red Cross alarmed over civilian casualties
  • The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said that in the past five days, at least 93 civilians have been killed and 364 wounded in five Yemeni cities engulfed in the violence, including, Sanaa. The overall figures are likely much higher and it was not immediately clear if the casualties cited by Geneva referred to just airstrikes or the strikes and fighting between Yemen's warring factions. The Saudi-led coalition says rebels have set up positions near civilians but that it is doing its best to avoid civilian casualties
  • tdford333 on 03 Apr 15
     
    Almost 100 civilians have been killed and 364 injured in Yemen due to the fighting there. The toll is weighing heavy on civilians and causing a humanitarian crisis.
tdford333

Civilians struggle to cope as Yemen conflict escalates - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

www.aljazeera.com/...civilians-150402145713399.html

yemen poverty crisis

shared by tdford333 on 03 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Civilians struggle to cope as Yemen conflict escalates
  • concern over civilian casualties and fears that country will plunge deeper into poverty.
  • lockdown of the capital Sanaa, with residents fleeing for safety and many businesses shutting down.
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  • Shopkeeper Rassam Ali told Al Jazeera that every day is a battle for survival for residents as the war rages on.
  • tdford333 on 03 Apr 15
     
    The battle in Yemen is causing many civilians to flee, and business to close down. The instability is raising fears that Yemen could be falling deeper into poverty.
tdford333

Drone attacks in Yemen mostly hit civilians - YouTube - 0 views

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shared by tdford333 on 27 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Drone attacks in Yemen mostly hit civilians
  • tdford333 on 27 Mar 15
     
    This video is about drone strikes in Yemen. According to the local reports, most of the US drone strikes have killed civilians.
katelynklug

Where are the youth of the Egyptian revolution? - 0 views

www.middleeastmonitor.com/...th-of-the-egyptian-revolution-

shared by katelynklug on 15 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • motivated by the knowledge they gained from the internet and social networking sites
  • combat tyranny and human rights violations
  • non-violent resistance movements abroad.
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  • broadcast information on human rights violations
  • mobilise the masses
  • rejecting tyranny
  • calling for freedom
  • refused any and all partial solutions
  • did not care to make an intellectual presence
  • clearly defined political project
  • no leadership
  • sufficient time to prepare themselves
  • elite and the military took over during the transitional
  • period
  • balance of power
  • did not succeed in establishing new parties
  • participate
  • accountability and trial
  • for killing youth
  • social justice
  • political elite became more polarised
  • until the youth became polarised
  • how to topple tyrannical regimes
  • information about human rights violations
  • too preoccupied with side issues
  • true nature of revolutionary change
  • not necessarily mean the fall of the system
  • lacked the focus necessary to achieve any of their strategic goals
  • application of Shari'ah law
  • Enabling the youth
  • did not allow the youth to engage in the public domain or contribute
  • military imposed their presence
  • failed to keep pace
  • in terms of democracy itself
  • endorsing the army
  • aggravating an already sensitive situation
  • media
  • bribing the youth with money
  • violent Islamist groups have emerged as a way of confronting the state
  • youth do not see the dangers of politicising the military and are calling for military intervention to resolve their political differences with the Muslim Brotherhood
  • military intervention as the only solution
  • oust the first elected civilian president in the history
  • main responsibility
  • nascent democratic experience
  • aggravating the political situation
  • deepening the political divisions in society
  • universal pillars that are needed for making political changes
  • engage the community and educate
  • restore national unity
  • bigger picture
  • valuable information
  • media platform
  • policy for communication
  • infuse the entire
  • society with the values and goals of the revolution
  • community awareness
  • revolutions
  • several phases
  • common political vision and strategy
  • advice of experts in situations where there is a shortage of expertise on a particular subject pertaining to state
  • respects differences
  • political etiquette
  • katelynklug on 15 Sep 14
     
    This author gives an analysis of where the Egyptian youth failed and succeeded in their revolution. He applauds their original motivation: overthrowing the oppressive regime and seeking political freedom. However, he criticizes the movement for not having organized goals with practical implications. Their focus was so set on overthrowing Mubarak that they did not have a plan once that was achieved. As a result, the youth allowed the military to become politicized and enforce their political ideas. The author claims this move set a dangerous precedent for the future and took away the attention of the military from places it was needed. The author claims that by endorsing the army to act militarily against the first civilian elected president of the country, the youth is undermining their original goals. He goes on to explain his suggestions for the Egyptian youth to get back on track and follow through in the remaining phases of the revolution.
kristaf

JURIST - Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post - 1 views

jurist.org/...n-judge-removed-from-bench.php

#SaidYoussefRemoved #MinyaCriminalCourt #terrorismcourt #MuslimBrotherhood

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  • Egyptian judge Said Youssef [Al-akhbar report] was removed from his position on the Minya Criminal Court of Egypt [Middle East Monitor news archive] on
  • he Minya court, known as one of the nation's terrorism courts, was the forum for two mass sentences [JURIST report] of hundreds of Islamic supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood [JURIST news archive] earlier this year.
  • The ousting of Youssef may signal a change in the policy of the Egyptian judiciary, which has been criticized for a lack of judicial due process and sentencing of civilians based on their political affiliation.
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    • kristaf
      kristaf on 05 Oct 14
       
      Recognition of the need to follow laws regardless of person political affiliations
  • In March the most notable sentencing occurred when 529 alleged Morsi supporters were collectively sentenced [JURIST report] to death in one controversial judicial proceeding.
    • kristaf
      kristaf on 05 Oct 14
       
      This is the first time I am reading about death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood members or supporters of Morsi. Most articles have discussed members being put in jail for having been associated with the group as journalist 
  • kristaf on 05 Oct 14
     
    The article discusses the removal of Said Youssef a judge who held a postion on the Minya Criminal Court of Egypt. The court was regarded as the court dealt with cases surrounding terrorism. Youssef was responsible for deciding the fate of many Muslim Brotherhood supports/members. Youssef's removal is said to be a "signal of change in the policy of Egyptian judiciary...for the lack of judicial due process and sentencing of civilians based on their political affiliation. 
tdford333

Daniel Byman | Why Drones Work | Foreign Affairs - 0 views

www.foreignaffairs.com/...why-drones-work

shared by tdford333 on 08 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Whereas President George W. Bush oversaw fewer than 50 drone strikes during his tenure, Obama has signed off on over 400 of them in the last four years
  • And they have done so at little financial cost, at no risk to U.S. forces, and with fewer civilian casualties than many alternative methods would have caused.
  • So drone warfare is here to stay, and it is likely to expand in the years to come as other countries’ capabilities catch up with those of the United States.
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  • Critics of drone strikes often fail to take into account the fact that the alternatives are either too risky or unrealistic.
  • Even the most unfavorable estimates of drone casualties reveal that the ratio of civilian to militant deaths is lower than it would be for other forms of strikes.
  • signature strikes,” which target not specific individuals but instead groups engaged in suspicious activities.
  • After a strike in Pakistan, militants often cordon off the area, remove their dead, and admit only local reporters sympathetic to their cause or decide on a body count themselves. The U.S. media often then draw on such faulty reporting to give the illusion of having used multiple sources. As a result, statistics on civilians killed by drones are often inflated.
  • data show that drones are more discriminate than other types of force.
  • Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, also at times allowed drone strikes in his country and even covered for them by telling the public that they were conducted by the Yemeni air force.
  • As officials in both Pakistan and Yemen realize, U.S. drone strikes help their governments by targeting common enemies.
  • A 2012 poll found that 74 percent of Pakistanis viewed the United States as their enemy, likely in part because of the ongoing drone campaign. Similarly, in Yemen, as the scholar Gregory Johnsen has pointed out, drone strikes can win the enmity of entire tribes.
  • Many surveys of public opinion related to drones are conducted by anti-drone organizations, which results in biased samples.
  • And for most Pakistanis and Yemenis, the most important problems they struggle with are corruption, weak representative institutions, and poor economic growth; the drone program is only a small part of their overall anger, most of which is directed toward their own governments.
hkerby2

10 simple points to help you understand the Syria conflict - 0 views

www.news.com.au/...story-fndir2ev-1226705155146

syria conflict regime rebels civilian casualties

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  • hkerby2 on 31 Mar 15
     
    This is a complicated war. This site explains in more detail than others and with more emotions put into it as well. It offers first hand accounts of men and women involved in the civil war. Also it discusses the refugee camps that are not mentioned in other sites. The site states that this is a messy, cruel war where neither side has much regard for civilian casualties.
kdancer

ISIS seizes Camp in Yarmouk - 0 views

www.nbcnews.com/...s-evacuation-civilians-n336976

ISIS syria terrorism

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  • kdancer on 08 Apr 15
     
    Some 18,000 civilians have been trapped with limited food and water in the Yarmouk camp near Syria's capital, caught between government forces and dueling rebel groups. Their already-tenuous situation deteriorated sharply last week when ISIS launched a push to seize control of the camp from rival armed groups like the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, setting off street battles and mounting alarm for those trapped in the crossfire.
aavenda2

Saudi Arabia jets are committing 'genocide' in Yemen: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - 0 views

www.smh.com.au/...-khamenei-20150410-1mhxls.html

saudi Arabia yemen iran

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  • aavenda2 on 10 Apr 15
     
    540 people had been killed in fighting in Yemen, including 311 civilians, 74 of which were children. More than 100,000 people had been displaced
hkerby2

Syria opposition group claims 1,300 killed in chemical attack in Damascus suburbs - CBS... - 0 views

www.cbsnews.com/...cal-attack-in-damascus-suburbs

syria opposition attack chemical weapon Damascus

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  • hkerby2 on 02 Feb 15
     
    A Syrian Opposition group killed 1300 civilians in a chemical weapon attack in Damascus. Many of the victims were women and children. The victims presented with classic signs of chemical poisoning, including foaming mouth and dilated pupils. The attach occurred on August 21, 2013
hkerby2

Saving Syria: International law is not the answer - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

www.aljazeera.com/...2013827123244943321.html

syria international law Geneva Convention legal rights chemical weapons

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  • hkerby2 on 02 Mar 15
     
    The article looks into why it is not illegal for Syria to use chemical warfare against its people. It covers several international treaties including the Geneva Convention and explains why Syria is not legally at fault for the treatment of their civilians.
hkerby2

Syria Intervention: Geneva Conventions | The New Republic - 0 views

www.newrepublic.com/...ntervention-geneva-conventions

syria intervention geneva convention chemical weapons

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  • hkerby2 on 02 Mar 15
     
    This article states that if Bashar al Assad's use of chemical weapons in a suburb is true then why isn't the United States acting to protect the Syrian civilians. This article, contrary to the one I posted earlier, says that Syria is legally at fault in regards to chemical warfare because they signed the Geneva Convention.
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