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evidence that poison gas has been used in syria by assad’s 7th army: individuals are responsible and should be prosecuted at the hague

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Do we need to revisit the horrors of poison gas used in war?poison5

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/poison_gas_and_world_war_one.htm

No one in their right mind can support a state using poison gas against its own people.

The response is simple, effective and non-violent: those states, organizations indeed all entities and individuals supporting Assad in Syria from now on should be deemed to also responsible for the use of gas.

These leaders or Heads of State all will be held individually responsible and will be prosecuted at the Court of Human Rights;
No more planes flying from Iran.
No more boats or planes from Russia
No more blocking of the UN Security Council by China

Support in the UN Security Council is moral support and individuals who provide this moral support should also be held individually responsible.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22318972

I have seen sufficient evidence of poison gas usage on the BBC News, Sky News and the Times correspondent among others to put this beyond reasonable doubt. Assad’s government must take the responsibility as the only side to have this material in Syria. It is their duty to secure, or destroy it. Implicit in referral to the Hague would be a full investigation of the facts and testing of the evidence.

added 29 04 2013 Confidential document from Commander of 7th Regiment Assads Syrian army. All soldiers are ordered to wear gas masks in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta……

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killer robots are nearly available; they need to be directly controlled by humans who take responsibility for their actions

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BNP Red, White and Blue festivalimagesCA7P43XA3robotsimagesCAHC3UVMsans-titreIncreasingly independent automated weapons are becoming possible with advances in technology and computing. Until recently for example it was not possible for a vehicle to travel cross-country autonomously for long periods of time. A problem which has now been overcome although there is still a dependence on a functioning global positioning system.

Potentially robots can come in all shapes and sizes on the battlefield, drones, automatic guns, missiles, bomb detection vehicles, mobile grenades for clearing buildings, miniaturized flying machines carrying video or a bomb.

It does not take much imagination to predict what could happen if an unscrupulous or deranged leader became able to use these autonomous machines. Much literature describes these scenarios, Issac Asimov indeed developed the rules of robotics and examined the possible consequences in his writings. It is not impossible to imagine that the time is near when a robot appropriately programmed could be used as a carer in an old people’s home, a prison guard, a soldier or an executioner.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/23/campaign_to_stop_killer_robots/

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/23/arms-new-campaign-stop-killer-robots

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/battlefield_killer_robots_ban_urged

environment, global warming, guns, mortality, weapons

the arms trade: $10 is spent per person in the world each year on conventional arms. links to resources

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The BBC news has stated that $70 billion is spent on the conventional arms trade each year. This was true in 2010 and the budgets have increased since then. Basically it is the rich countries manufacturing and selling most of these arms.

If the global population is 7 billion, that makes it $10 per person in the world, and rising each year that is spent on conventional arms.

Given that over half the world’s population earns less than $1 a day and that we have finite resources on the planet, does this make sense? The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is meeting this week to try to broker a treaty to reduce this spending. It is getting little publicity because there are so many other news stories running.

Click to access ATT_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Here are some facts and figures:

Amnesty International have published a beginner’s guide:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/global-arms-trade-treaty-a-beginners-guide

Which 5 countries buy the most armms?
http://www.top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=37cbe216

World military spending is increaind rapidly:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending

Which 5 countries manufacture the most arms?
http://top5ofanything.com/index.php?h=3de39a18

Categories of weapons:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/dnp/sub1.asp?ipage=weapons

World military spending on arms is increasing:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending

See ‘good news on arms control treaty‘