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UN Calls for Gaza War Crimes Probe

Rights official accuses Israel of ignoring international law

Jan 10, 09 2:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The UN's top human rights official has called for an investigation into possible war crimes committed by the Israeli military in Gaza, the Guardian reports. She singled out an incident this week where up to 30 Palestinian civilians were killed in a home shelled by Israeli forces and the surviving... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • war crimes • Arab Israeli conflict

 'Chemical Ali' 
 Gets 2nd 
 Death 
 Sentence 

Saddam cousin convicted of massacre of Shia Muslims

Dec 2, 08 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of Saddam Hussein dubbed "Chemical Ali," has again been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, reports the Guardian. The former defense chief was convicted today of orchestrating a mass killing of Shia Muslims during a revolt after the first Gulf War... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • war crimes • Chemical Ali • Ali Hassan al Majid • massacre • Gulf War

Ohio Autoworker Faces
Nazi War Crimes Trial

Nazi hunter seeks extradition of 88-year-old accused of wartime atrocities

Nov 11, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Germany's top Nazi hunter is seeking the extradition of a retired Ohio autoworker accused of war crimes, the Times of London reports. The investigator says he finally has conclusive evidence that Ukrainian-born former SS trooper John Demjanjuk, 88, was the man know as Ivan the Terrible, responsible for the deaths... More »

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Holocaust • war crimes • concentration camp • Nazi • extradition • John Demjanjuk

Bin Laden Media Guru Convicted of War Crimes

Bahlul doesn't contest charges

Nov 3, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who produced recruitment videos for Osama bin Laden was convicted of war crimes today after a 4-day military trial the defendant adamantly boycotted, the Miami Herald reports. Ali Hamza al Bahlul forbade his lawyer from offering evidence or questioning witnesses because he rejected the military’s authority to... More »

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propaganda • war crimes • Guantanamo Bay • guilty verdict • Guantanamo tribunals • Ali Hamza al Bahlul

 3 Soldiers Charged 
 in Iraqis' Murder 

Killings were retribution for American casualties

Sep 17, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Three soldiers have been charged with murder for their alleged role in the killing of four Iraqis last year, the US Army said today. The Iraqi men were blindfolded, shot in the head, and dumped in a Baghdad canal around April 2007 in retribution for casualties suffered by the 1st... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • war crimes • murder • US military • US Army • military law

Opinion

Six Months for Hamdan? Scrap Military Trials

It's time for a new
system with elements of civilian courts

Aug 8, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salim Hamdan’s five-and-a-half-year prison sentence is a "stunningly unjust" joke, writes an enraged Andrew McCarthy in the National Review, especially because bin Laden’s driver will eligible for release in 6 months. Absurdly, he is now in a better position than his fellow detainees who haven’... More »

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military tribunal • war crimes • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • Salim Ahmed Hamdan

 Karadzic Delivered to Hague

Riots break out as Karadzic is spirited to Holland

Jul 30, 08 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was whisked from a Serbian jail and handed over to UN officials today to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide. He's expected to appear at court today. The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs was escorted by masked officers from the... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • Srebrenica • extradition • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • war crimes court

 Hiding Was 'Easy,'
 Boasts Karadzic

War crimes suspect refusing to eat

Jul 25, 08 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Captured Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been refusing to eat in his Belgrade cell since his arrest more than a week ago—but has been boasting about life on the lam. Karadzic claims he had planned to turn himself in next year, reports the Guardian. Karadzic was nabbed... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • Radovan Karadzic • Slobodan Medic • Srebrenica massacre • war crimes tribunal

Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

Bosnian war crimes suspect also wants
a shave and a trim

Jul 23, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to defend himself when he stands trial in the Hague, his lawyer said today. He also plans to lose the Santa Claus beard and pony tail, having requested a shave and haircut, the BBC reports. Karadzic, a former psychiatrist who spent more than a... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • The Hague • Slobodan Milosevic • Radovan Karadzic

 Hunt Shifts
 to Butcher
 'Serb God' 

With Karadzic behind bars, focus is on genocidal partner

Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5... More »

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United Nations • Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • Belgrade • Srebrenica • Ratko Mladic • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Boris Tadic

Serb War Crimes Fugitive Worked in Belgrade Clinic

Karadzic practiced alt medicine in disguise

Jul 22, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic, arrested yesterday on war crimes charges after a 13-year manhunt, has been living in Belgrade with a fabricated identity and a private practice in alternative medicine, the BBC reports. Karadzic, sporting a long white beard and the name Dragan Dabic, walked in public freely, police said... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Radovan Karadzic

 Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster 

'Butcher of Bosnia' saw himself as an intellectual and guardian of his people

Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Serbs

 Serbia Collars 
 Karadzic for
 War Crimes 

Former Bosnian Serb leader faces UN genocide charges

Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian forces arrested Radovan Karadzic today after hunting the war crimes fugitive for 12 years, the AP reports. The former Bosnian Serb president, collared with other suspected war criminals, will likely be sent to the UN war crimes court in the Hague. The tribunal has indicted him twice, once for... More »

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United Nations • Bosnia • Serbia • war crimes • international war crimes tribunal • Radovan Karadzic

UPDATED

Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

Afghanistan questioning of Hamdan came after stress, without lawyer: defense

Jul 21, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A military judge at the war-crimes tribunal for Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver today barred evidence from a series of 2002 interrogations in Afghanistan, the Miami Herald reports. Salim Hamdan says he was subjected to sleep deprivation and was not offered a lawyer; his defense team wants all interrogations... More »

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war crimes • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • jury selection • USS Cole • Guantanamo tribunals

Gitmo Trial Will Proceed After Judge Threatens Delay

Defense lawyers win access to alleged 9/11 mastermind

Jul 18, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors will give lawyers for Osama bin Laden's ex-driver access to accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed this weekend, ensuring that the first Guantanamo tribunal will begin Monday as scheduled, the Miami Herald reports. The judge in the case apparently forced the hand of the government lawyers prosecuting Salim... More »

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war crimes • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

 Sudan Swats Away 
 Genocide Charge 

Official says country will work to block international court's indictment of president

Jul 15, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan aims to obstruct an international tribunal's efforts to hold its leader responsible for genocide, the BBC reports. The International Criminal Court's charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against president Omar al-Bashir are designed to engender tension between tribal groups in Darfur, a senior official said today,... More »

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genocide • Sudan • war crimes • Crisis in Darfur • African Union • Arab League • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

Sudan President Accused of
War Crimes

Court could arrest al-Bashir over Darfur genocide

Jul 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was officially accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity today in International Criminal Court, the BBC reports. The court must now decide whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest. If it does, Sudan’s government says it will disrupt the peace process... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • war crimes • crimes against humanity • Omar al Bashir • International Criminal Court

Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

Sadistic concentration camp physician is most wanted surviving Nazi

Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp... More »

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Holocaust • war crimes • Chile • Patagonia • concentration camp • Nazi • World War II • Simon Wiesenthal Center • Aribert Heim

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

London mayor under investigation for case grabbed in Iraq in '03

Jun 24, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister while on assignment... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Tony Blair • war crimes • England • justice • Britain • Tariq Aziz

9/11 Mastermind to Gitmo Judge: Martyr Me

As trial opens, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed requests death penalty

Jun 5, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man said to have planned the Sept. 11 attacks, asked a judge to be put to death today, MSNBC reports. During his arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base a military judge told Mohammed he could face the death penalty. Mohammed replied, “Yes, this is... More »

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death penalty • war crimes • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • martyr • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • suspected terrorists

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