‘Obama liable for Bahraini war crimes’

The US, Western powers and human rights groups are silent on the crimes underway in Bahrain because of their own interests in the region rather than of true democracy.

In an interview with Press TV, Dr. Syed Ali Wasif, professor from Trinity University, says that President Obama would be liable for participating in war crimes under UN International Peace and Security rules because of his support of dictatorial and brutal regimes directly involved in the Bahraini bloodshed.

Press TV: Regarding the brutality being used by the Bahraini regime and Saudi forces towards these protesters who just want democracy and equal rights in the country, we do know that the US is going into Libya to protect its people, but of course things change when the country in question is a financial hub as well as housing the US Navy’s fifth fleet. How long can the US maintain its silence as far as Bahrain goes?

Wasif: Unfortunately, all these actions which we have just heard taken by the Bahraini government are all against international legal norms, all against international human rights law, all against the Geneva Convention.

We have a typical example of what we call in international legal circles as an internal and international armed conflict, and that is basically the case of Bahrain. It’s an international as well as an internal armed conflict.

Though it’s not exactly an arms conflict, the offices of those conventions employ such a dispute. We have brutal force being used against the innocent and unarmed protesters there. It’s a total matter of war crimes, human rights violations and crimes against humanity. ..more