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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Halabja and Kurdish Genocide in Iraq Shows We Must Move From 'Never Again' to 'Always Prevent'

John Slinger | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: No Fly Zone, Halabja, Genocide, Srebrenica, Darfur, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, Kurdistan, International Law, Iraq, Foreign Policy, Iraqi Kurdistan, Anfal, Bosnia, Human Rights, Security Council, Kurds, Cambodia, Responsibility to Protect, International Relations, Un, Rwanda, UK Politics News
John Slinger

While many of the world's governments want to prevent genocide, they almost never act to achieve this aim. This despite most being signatories to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide which is explicitly designed to compel them to do just that.

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'Lethal Force' For No-Fly Zone Violators

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK
Read More: London 2012, UK Military, Olympic Security, UK Sport, No-Fly Zone, UK News, Olympic No-Fly Zone, Olympic Games, UK News

Aircraft that fail to comply with procedures within a restricted airspace zone around the Olympic site in London could be subject to "lethal force" fr...

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The Necessary Force of Humanitarian Intervention

Francis Hoar | Posted 24.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Nato, Humanitarian Intervention, United Nations, Imperialism, No Fly Zone, UK Issues, UK Politics News
Francis Hoar

It isn't when people are proved right that they become convinced of the righteousness of their arguments. It is when they have been proved wrong.

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Gaddafi's Forces 'Fire Scud Missiles' At Rebels

Daily Telegraph | Posted 16.10.2011 | UK
Read More: No-Fly Zone, Libya, Scud Missile, Muammar Gaddafi, Opposition Forces, Nato, Rebels, Benghazi, Transitional National Council, Arab Spring, Tripoli, UK News

Col Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan government appeared to be preparing for a last violent final showdown after it emerged that his beleaguered regime had fi...

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