Strikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the country

Strikes on Bemani damaged key water reservoir for 20,000 people living in area amid a historic drought in the country

Military strikes that damaged two water storage facilities in southern Iran may constitute a war crime, military and legal experts say, after reviewing media reports and visual evidence of a 10 June strike on Bemani, a small district about 2 miles from the strait of Hormuz.

It’s unclear if the strikes deliberately targeted the district’s water tanks, or if they unintentionally destroyed a key reservoir for about 20,000 people living nearby. But if the tanks were the target, then the legal question becomes critical, Brian Finucane, a former state department lawyer, said. “It’s either a military objective or it’s a civilian object: attacking one is lawful, attacking the other is a war crime,” Finucane said.

  • P00ptart
    151·
    2 days ago

    That’s the part that pisses me off most. If kamala would’ve won, she’d be better than trump, for sure. But beyond that, this fucker would be rotting in prison right now.

      • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
        33·
        1 day ago

        I’ll do you one better: if the natives were able to kill the colonists that “discovered” the new world, we could have avoided the whole genocide and slavery thing.

        • borkborkbork@piefed.socialEnglish
          11·
          23 hours ago

          yeah because genocide and slavery started in 1492?

          pfftt hahaha… you ML guys either have tapioca for brains or actively ignore history…

          wait, could it be both?

          that said, " if the natives were able to kill the colonists that “discovered” the new world" coulda been cool af. But the Aztecs kinda already had a good grasp on genocide and slavery as their empire was built on outward expansion, acquisition of their neighbors and their property, and they were really into human sacrifice.

          but yeah would be awesome to see the cortez and columbus types torn to pieces on the shores…

          • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
            22·
            18 hours ago

            Obviously I was talking about the genocide and slavery that America is well known for. I love tapioca!

            yeah would be awesome to see the cortez and columbus types torn to pieces on the shores…

            Yeah unfortunately they didn’t get the Cook treatment, lol.

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
      102·
      2 days ago

      Biden’s AG didn’t, and she campaigned exclusively to republicans, no shot she’d appoint an AG who would, for fear of alienating the imaginary moderate republicans.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
        41·
        1 day ago

        You do realize Jack Smith put together two bullerproof cases against him and they were both ready to go to court, and the only reason they didn’t was because the Scotus punted until after the election…?

      • P00ptart
        13·
        2 days ago

        You’re talking federal crimes though. If he didn’t become president again, it wouldn’t be up to the federal government. He had more than enough crimes against states to put him away for life.

    • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
      46·
      2 days ago

      Lmao. You think Kamala “fundamentally the same as Biden” Harris would prosecute trump, after Biden declined to pursue justice?