UN Issues Contradictory Statements About Libya’s Alleged Use of Rape
Rights Investigator Terms Allegations 'Massive Hysteria'
Top UN officials are increasingly at odds over the allegations of the Libyan government using rape as a weapon of war, with officials issuing contradictory statements about the claims and statements condemning one another.
The UN Human Rights investigator Cherif Bassiouni rejected the allegations as little more than “massive hysteria,” saying it was being used as a scare tactic with little evidence to back it up. Margot Wallstrom, the special representative on sexual violence in conflict, slammed Bassiouni’s use of the term “hysteria,” saying it was insensitive.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice had previously declared that the Libyan military was issuing viagra to its forces to help with the rapes. US officials later admitted they had no evidence that this was actually the case.
Other than a solitary survey of refugees, there appears to be no formal evidence to back up the allegations of rape, at least none made public. Despite this, international court officials insisted that such evidence existed.
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skulz fontaine
June 10th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
The "rape allegations" seem just a shade contrived. However, the boogeyman must be pimped. UN Ambassdoress Susy Rice would know all about pimping the ride.
guest
June 10th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
I thought it odd that the U.S. State Department came forward to directly criticize Qatar for sending back to Libya the Libyan woman who publically proclaimed she was raped by Gaddafi forces. She had wanted to go to a third country apparently. The move by Qatar was in itself quite odd – why not just let her go to a third country? And why did the U.S. personally make a fuss about it? is she some kind of asset to them? This whole Libyan affair just has the general characteristics of psyops skullgduggery.
Jamal
June 10th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
There wasn't any rape and NATO knows about it.., These kind of allegations are the last resort by US and NATO to steal the peoples wealth by accusing anyone and anybody of anything.., this is MAFIA policies by Mafia itself and NATO knows it.. The ICC court needs to look at itself and prosecute itself, ICC needs to look at crimes against humanity by Israel and its affiliated terrorist groups as NATO and USA, they are the biggest terrorist there is.., this is a bigotry and NATO knows it, this is a thievery and Obama – US knows, this is the last resort and last friends of NATO and US that ever will have, terrorists elements as Muslims Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia and Arab Emirates within NATO that US using to steal the $53 billion dollars belonging to Libyan and African Union people. Look these wars are against any kind of socialisms out there and Obama knows it. He is a product of and by capitalism system, he works for the system as a sunny Muslims, he is not the people president, he is the Oil company and international banking man, he is the Bank of England servants. The US democratic party is no longer exists, is a AIPAC political party bought by Goldman Sachs and Chase Manhattan bank, they own the democratic party.., not you and you.
VietNamWarVet
June 11th, 2011 at 7:31 am
The German Huns are raping Belgium nuns – WWI – LIE by the British.
Iraqi soldiers are taking babies out of incubaters – Gulf War I LIE.
Why is NATO in Libya? Why is the US in Libya?
Do the American people know that the 'Republic' / Democracy has long been dead in America?
The 'Trilateral Commission' – the bankers, Wall Street, the Zionists rule the world – wars are for profit – their profit!