Siyabonga Mkhwanazi
The New Age
Aug 26, 2011
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday voiced his disapproval of the Nato war against Libya calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to charge the allied commanders for committing war crimes in that country.
Motlanthe told Parliament yesterday that the Nato alliance was creating an impression that the Libyan rebels were acting on their own, without any military support on the ground.
He said while the ICC targeted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his commanders for war crimes, the prosecutors should also charge Nato for bombing innocent civilians.
His comments may be interpreted as another indication that South Africa was going to have a cold relationship with the rebel movement that is poised to take over the government in Libya.
Motlanthe was in the National Assembly to answer questions from MPs. He said Nato’s bombing of Libya had set a precedent in the functioning of the UN Security Council.
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I wonder what legal cover NATO will use? How will they explain themselves? Not that it matters because they know they can get away with it.
The ICC is just a glove that the powerful can hide behind. Note that NONE of the powerful EVER get prosecuted. It is Selective justice.
And the U.N. is no better than the old League of Nations that allowed Ethiopia to get invaded.
I couldn’t have said much better Matzo
the UN is just a war machine of justice to the moneychanger scumfucks that invade countries everywhere in false truths as justification …….if south africa wanted to realy do something meaningful pull out of the harlet UN and boot all nato embasies out of your country ….gadaffi and libya are quite the people tp respect as they have the balls to rid there country of these moneychanger scumfucks NWO ponzi scheem of death and control
they are beyond reproach…
(legally…that is)