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I recommend everyone watch the documentary about him here (there are several languages available)

The court said Abdallah, who was detained in 1984 and convicted in 1987 over the 1982 murders, would be released on December 6 on condition that he leaves France, French anti-terror prosecutors said in a statement, adding that they would appeal the release order.

"In (a) decision dated today, the court granted Georges Ibrahim Abdallah conditional release from December 6, subject to the condition that he leaves French territory and not appear there again," the prosecutors said.

Couldn't find any good sources in English, but thought it might be interesting to let y'all know.

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Gonna do my Yogthos impression and bring some banger of some news

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Tankies were right after all, yet again.

South Korean intelligence officials have adopted a skeptical stance when it comes to reports from Ukraine. It’s gotten to the point where Korean intelligence officials are telling reporters to hold off on relaying reports about North Korean troops from Ukrainian officials until they receive third-party confirmation, because Ukraine makes “fake news” at the state level. This means we have to carefully consider the source of the information and the intentions behind it.

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source https://mipforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MIPF-Conference-Paper-FINAL-WEB.pdf

Ignore the lib, pro-NATO, anti-Russia source.

Love irony quotes in the title.

Burn in hell "brave" Briton, should've stayed in Cornwall.

U.S. [neo]imperialist hegemony is reliant on an intricate global network of military bases, which are jumping-off points for [neo]imperialist wars and occupations, and as logistics hubs for the entire U.S. military supply chain. Their geographic spread allows for rapid deployments worldwide. This base system continues to expand, as evidenced by the current encirclement of China.

A vital base for U.S. geostrategy is Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago. Located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia has housed

B-1 and B-2 bombers and B-52 Stratofortress bombers, which were used in Iraq and Afghanistan during the U.S. wars of aggression. The island was an early testing ground for drone technology.

On world maps the Chagos Islands are named, “British Indian Ocean Territory” (BIOT), giving no indication that Diego Garcia is a U.S. base. The French first colonized the islands governing them as part of Mauritius in the 18th century, bringing enslaved Africans to the Chagos Islands before ceding them to the British in 1814

Shortly before Mauritian independence in 1968, the British split Chagos from Mauritius to maintain its control over the archipelago under the newly created BIOT. (Al Jazeera, Oct. 3)

Israel refuses to comply with international law and U.N. resolutions. We recall here the New York Protocol issued by U.N. Security Council member states on September 25, calling for the implementation of Resolution 1701, a ceasefire, and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, as well as the Security Council’s Resolution 2735, calling for Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

In its aggression, Israel commits serious crimes that violate international law, including:

• Crimes of aggression and crimes against peace as defined by art. 6c of the charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Charter) and U.N. General Assembly Resolution 3314 , and article 8 bis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) constituting a violation of the U.N. Charter and a threat to international peace and security.
• Violations of Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
• War crimes as described in Article 85 of Protocol I and Article 8 of the Rome Statute, as well as grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions as outlined in Article 85, paragraph 5, and customary rule 156.
• Acts of terrorism, as Israel’s targeting of civilians aims to spread fear, in violation of all international conventions on combating terrorism.
• Genocide under art. 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 and Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the ICC.
• Crimes against humanity under art. 6c of the charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Charter) and Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the ICC, not only against the Lebanese and Palestinian people but against all humanity.

The Lebanese Democratic Lawyers strongly condemn Israel’s crimes and urgently call on the world – governments, international organizations, and human rights bodies – to:

1. Condemn Israel, impose sanctions, boycott it, sever diplomatic relations, and pressure it to stop its aggression and massacres against civilians in line with the Resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly at its 10th Emergency Special Session on September 13, 2024, and the Advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
2. Work towards expelling Israel from the U.N. and all international and regional organizations, including UNESCO and UNICEF.
3. Cooperating with South Africa, Venezuela, and other countries pursuing legal action against Israel and its officials before the relevant international courts by providing legal assistance and essential documents regarding the crimes committed against Lebanon and its civilian population.
4. Form delegations of lawyers to meet with the judiciary in each country, including bar associations, judges, and law professors, to demand legal condemnation of Israel and legal support for the Lebanese and Palestinian and Syrian people.
5. The Lebanese Democratic Lawyers affirm the right of peoples to self-determination and support the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation, racism, and colonialism. They salute the heroic resistance fighters and honor the martyrs who have fallen as a result of Israeli aggression on Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria, with a special tribute to the martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.