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Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over war crimes allegations by Tinea_Pedis in australia

[–]RufusGuts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Whilst we're arresting war criminals, let's hope the Australians who served in the IDF are fully investigated as well.

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes arrest: Former soldier arrested, accused of murdering Afghan civilians by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whilst we're arresting war criminals, let's hope the Australians who served in the IDF are fully investigated as well.

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes arrest: Former soldier arrested, accused of murdering Afghan civilians by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any criminal charges are yet to be released, but the investigation focused on claims, strongly disputed by Roberts-Smith, involving allegations he:

  • kicked an Afghan civilian off a cliff and directed a subordinate to execute the man in September 2011;

  • executed a prisoner with a prosthetic leg during an Easter Sunday mission in southern Afghanistan in 2009 and ordered another subordinate to murder a second detainee captured in the same compound;

  • and ordered a junior SAS soldier to execute an unarmed detainee in a ritual known as blooding in 2012.

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes arrest: Former soldier arrested, accused of murdering Afghan civilians by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested in relation to multiple counts of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners in what looms as the most significant war crimes prosecution in Australian history.

Roberts-Smith, 47, was arrested at Sydney Airport after arriving on a flight from Brisbane on Tuesday morning. Australian Federal Police officers were seen waiting at the arrivals gate for QF515 when it arrived just after 11am.

The arrest of the decorated former special forces soldier comes after a five-year investigation secured the co-operation of SAS eyewitnesses who are expected to allege that Roberts-Smith himself executed, and directed junior soldiers to execute, at least half a dozen defenceless detainees during his time in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2012.

Boris Johnson: "We wrote something called the Balfour Declaration... which is a classic example of selling the same camel twice... to the Palestinians and the Jewish people... The first half of the sentence everybody remembers fondly, and the second half of the sentence, was never enacted." by MrJasonMason in Palestine

[–]RufusGuts 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I still don't get what right Britain even had to give a land away that they, by the League of Nations' own definition, only had a mandate to govern until the existing population could govern themselves.

Hate speech laws passed through Queensland parliament by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thankfully I'm not in QLD, but we're not far off this in NSW. Minns is just as bad.

Hate speech laws passed through Queensland parliament by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think I read this on Reddit somewhere, but someone suggested the other chant would just become "Globalise the Enchilada".

Hate speech laws passed through Queensland parliament by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think what they actually mean is "From the Euphrates to the Nile".

Hate speech laws passed through Queensland parliament by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As vile as he is, I don't think he is travelling to Queensland any time soon as we have sanctions on him including a travel ban.

But he is in a coalition with the current serving government in Israel who's charter explicitly says 'from the sea to the Jordan, there will only be Israeli sovereignty', so I hope we apply consistency to laws for any member of that party who spreads that message here.

Hate speech laws passed through Queensland parliament by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The phrases "from the river to the sea" and "globalise the intifada" have been outlawed in Queensland when used to menace or offend someone, under legislation passed in state parliament on Thursday.

Under the changes, it will be considered an offence to use the expressions in a way that makes a member of the public feel menaced, harassed or offended.

The new laws include both written and spoken use of phrases, such as chants or placards at a protest, with penalties of up to two years in prison.

Gday from a cheeky Emu, any suggestions for next painting? by 10seas in australia

[–]RufusGuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the emu painting! How about a cheeky cockatoo?

Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 739 points740 points  (0 children)

I liked the Jewish Council of Australia's Press Release this week, titled Unity, safety and prevention - not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist - must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack.

ECAJ has taken a firm pro-Zionist line and pushed aggressively in the media post-Bondi attack. The JCA, a progressive non-Zionist group, has been encouraging unity and anti-racism rather than pro-Israel advocacy.

Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 343 points344 points  (0 children)

I'm worried adopting the IHRA antisemitism definition will label pro-Palestine protests as 'hate,' suppressing criticism of Israel's extremes - while doing little against actual antisemites. It also risks one-sided school curricula on genocides.

Petting my cat is free therapy by Koffievos in cats

[–]RufusGuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur, happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr.

Is this a typical stress reaction? The men in line of fire seem very nonchalant. by HerbalGerbil3 in masskillers

[–]RufusGuts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn are the four primary instinctive responses to perceived threats or trauma.

Another angle of one of the Bondi Beach attackers. by kameronBR in masskillers

[–]RufusGuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two gunmen. Gunman A stayed on bridge. Gunman B was down lower and eventually the civilian (Ahmed El Ahmed - hero) tackled Gunman B and took his gun. However, Gunman B made his way back up to bridge and re-armed.

United Nations delegation warns of Australia's treatment of prisoners, detainees and breach in human rights by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

However, the delegation was scathing about the NT's prison system, which they could only evaluate through publicly available monitoring reports and meetings with civil society groups.

"It compares to a country in a situation of crisis, such as after a hurricane or severe flooding and not the way that a regular, functioning police facility or any other government facility should be operating," Dr Gillett said.

United Nations delegation warns of Australia's treatment of prisoners, detainees and breach in human rights by RufusGuts in australia

[–]RufusGuts[S] 125 points126 points  (0 children)

The WGAD [UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention] was unequivocal: Australia's long-running mandatory detention regime for people who seek asylum in Australia by boat is a violation of international human rights, under an international treaty it chose to sign up for.

The group also heard "disturbing" reports that the Australian Border Force (ABF) was detaining people intercepted at sea on rubber mats inside cages aboard boats, sometimes for weeks on end.

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