11 November 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

US double standards and the world’s deadliest war since World War II

by: Stop the War Coalition
published: 8 November 2013

The US has provided military training, arms, intelligence and financing to Rwanda’s military who in turn sponsors and directs war criminals who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Congo.

Earlier this year, President Obama asked how one might weigh the “tens of thousands who’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?” But as tragic and devastating as the Congo conflict is, Congolese are not asking for the United States – or the international community – to militarily intervene.

8 November 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Marine guilty of Afghanistan murder

originally by: BBC News
published: 8 November 2013

A Royal Marine has been found guilty by a military court of murdering an injured Afghan insurgent, in what the prosecution called “an execution”. The sergeant, known only as Marine A, faces a mandatory life term over the shooting of the unknown man while on patrol in Helmand Province in 2011.

Two other marines were cleared.

Brigadier Bill Dunham, of the Royal Marines, said the murder – the first case of its kind – was “a truly shocking and appalling aberration”.

22 October 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Police fatally shoot man after family calls for medical assistance

by: The Huff Post
published: 10/08/2013

The family of a Georgia man, who was fatally shot by police on Friday, are refuting the officers’ account, saying the killing was unjust.

Police say Jack Lamar Roberson, a 43-year-old father of two, allegedly advanced toward them with two items he was using as weapons. However, Roberson’s family said he was in need of help and wasn’t threatening in any way.

Roberson’s fianceé, Alicia Herron, said she called 911 when she noticed him acting erratically after taking his pills to control his blood sugar. However, officers came to their home instead of paramedics.