Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO's Real Motives.
In: Foreign Policy in Focus, 2011-05-18, S. 2-2
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The article discusses the proposal of General David Richards, Great Britain's military commander, for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to target Libyan infrastructure including electrical power grids and fuel dumps in areas held by Muammar Qaddafi. It cites provisions in the 1977 Protocol Addition to Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949 prohibiting attacks on power plants, electrical grids and water pumping systems that service civilian population. It suggests that the pressure to widen the targets and violates United Nations Resolution 1973.
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Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO's Real Motives.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hallinan, Conn |
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Zeitschrift: | Foreign Policy in Focus, 2011-05-18, S. 2-2 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2011 |
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ISSN: | 1524-1939 (print) |
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