Comments by "Cupid Stunt" (@Cupid-Stunt) on "Biden African travel ban built on a lie: Journalist" video.
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@geoffhuffman7510 Pentagon Blasted for 'Unacceptable Failure' to Reckon With Civilian Casualties
"For too long, the United States has failed to live up to its legal and moral commitments to the protection of civilians, as well as its own stated policies. This needs to change."
BRETT WILKINS
December 2, 2021
Days after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a new investigation into a clandestine airstrike that killed scores of Syrian noncombatants whose deaths were subsequently covered up, 24 advocacy groups on Wednesday published an open letter calling on the Pentagon to "reckon with U.S.-caused civilian casualties and commit to urgent reforms."
"We urge you to... commit to finally implementing structural changes to prioritize civilian protection and accountability for civilian harm."
The letter, addressed to Austin, expresses "grave concerns" about the Pentagon's "civilian harm policies and practices and their impact," citing an August 29 drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians including an aid worker and seven children, as well as a March 18, 2019 airstrike in Baghuz, Syria in which around 70 civilians died and was "flagged as a possible war crime by at least one Defense Department lawyer."
"These strikes, and the Defense Department's record of civilian harm over the past 20 years, illustrate an unacceptable failure to prioritize civilian protection in the use of lethal force; meaningfully investigate, acknowledge, and provide amends when harm occurs; and provide accountability in the event of wrongdoing," the signers continue.
While determining the exact number of civilians killed during 21 years of the U.S.-led so-called War on Terror is impossible given that the United States doesn't "do body counts" or, in many cases, adequately investigate who has been harmed by airstrikes and other attacks, the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs says 900,000 noncombatants have died. Other groups contend that number could be perhaps twice as high.
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Health Minister Says 'Highly Transmissible' Omicron Hitting Young Children Hard in South Africa
In South Africa's worst-affected province, children under the age of five now make up the second-largest group being admitted to hospitals.
JULIA CONLEY
December 3, 2021
Top government health officials in South Africa briefed the press on Friday regarding the Omicron variant, warning that the country's newest wave of Covid-19 infections has included an alarmingly sharp rise in hospital admissions among young children under the age of five.
"The younger children, younger than 12, who were not eligible for vaccination—none of their parents, except for three, were vaccinated."
In Gauteng province—which includes Johannesburg—patients under the age of five are now the second largest group being admitted to hospitals, after patients over the age of 60, according to Dr. Waasila Jassat, a public health specialist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
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Close your boarders for 20 years and pull your 800+ military bases to within those boarders
Pentagon Blasted for 'Unacceptable Failure' to Reckon With Civilian Casualties
"For too long, the United States has failed to live up to its legal and moral commitments to the protection of civilians, as well as its own stated policies. This needs to change."
BRETT WILKINS
December 2, 2021
Days after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a new investigation into a clandestine airstrike that killed scores of Syrian noncombatants whose deaths were subsequently covered up, 24 advocacy groups on Wednesday published an open letter calling on the Pentagon to "reckon with U.S.-caused civilian casualties and commit to urgent reforms."
"We urge you to... commit to finally implementing structural changes to prioritize civilian protection and accountability for civilian harm."
The letter, addressed to Austin, expresses "grave concerns" about the Pentagon's "civilian harm policies and practices and their impact," citing an August 29 drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians including an aid worker and seven children, as well as a March 18, 2019 airstrike in Baghuz, Syria in which around 70 civilians died and was "flagged as a possible war crime by at least one Defense Department lawyer."
"These strikes, and the Defense Department's record of civilian harm over the past 20 years, illustrate an unacceptable failure to prioritize civilian protection in the use of lethal force; meaningfully investigate, acknowledge, and provide amends when harm occurs; and provide accountability in the event of wrongdoing," the signers continue.
While determining the exact number of civilians killed during 21 years of the U.S.-led so-called War on Terror is impossible given that the United States doesn't "do body counts" or, in many cases, adequately investigate who has been harmed by airstrikes and other attacks, the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs says 900,000 noncombatants have died. Other groups contend that number could be perhaps twice as high.
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Just South Africa as far as I know.
Health Minister Says 'Highly Transmissible' Omicron Hitting Young Children Hard in South Africa
In South Africa's worst-affected province, children under the age of five now make up the second-largest group being admitted to hospitals.
JULIA CONLEY
December 3, 2021
Top government health officials in South Africa briefed the press on Friday regarding the Omicron variant, warning that the country's newest wave of Covid-19 infections has included an alarmingly sharp rise in hospital admissions among young children under the age of five.
"The younger children, younger than 12, who were not eligible for vaccination—none of their parents, except for three, were vaccinated."
In Gauteng province—which includes Johannesburg—patients under the age of five are now the second largest group being admitted to hospitals, after patients over the age of 60, according to Dr. Waasila Jassat, a public health specialist at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
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