Thursday, March 17, 2016

Under Mounting Pressure, Kerry Declares Islamic State Has Committed Genocide



Under Mounting Pressure, Kerry Declares Islamic State Has Committed Genocide
by Edwin Mora 17 Mar 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State John Kerry, under mounting pressure, has determined that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis, Shiite groups, and other minorities in areas it controls.

“The declaration, while long sought by Congress and human rights groups, changes little,” notes The Associated Press (AP). “It does not obligate the United States to take additional action against IS militants and does not prejudge any prosecution against its members.”

Although his determination does not carry much weight, the secretary of state noted that he hoped the groups he identified as victims would take some comfort in the fact that the “the United States recognizes and confirms the despicable nature of the crimes committed against them.”

Reps. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) 43% and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) 12% introduced a non-binding resolution earlier this week, condemning ISIS atrocities as genocide, that passed with broad bipartisan support, by a 393-0 vote.

The resolution and others who have advocated for the declaration put pressure on the Obama administration to acknowledged that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute “genocide.”

Kerry told reporters on Thursday:

My purpose in appearing before you today is to assert that, in my judgment, Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shiite Muslims.

Daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology, and by actions — in what it says, what it believes, and what it does. Daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at these same groups and in some cases also against Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other minorities.

On Wednesday, the State Department disclosed that Kerry would miss the congressionally mandated deadline of March 17 for the Obama administration to determine whether ISIS perpetrated mass killings, kidnappings, and rapes against Christians in the Middle East and the destruction of their religious property amounts to “genocide.”

The deadline was imposed by the omnibus bill that President Obama signed into law in December 2015.

Kerry noted on Thursday:

The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians; Yezidis because they are Yezidis; Shiite because they are Shiite. This is the message it conveys to children under its control. Its entire worldview is based on eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology….

I want to be clear. I am neither judge, nor prosecutor, nor jury with respect to the allegations of genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing by specific persons. Ultimately, the full facts must be brought to light by an independent investigation and through formal legal determination made by a competent court or tribunal.

He vowed that the United States will do everything in its power to see that ISIS is held accountable.

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS)
Bashar al-Assad permitted rise in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL/IS), is the president of Syria, and support the Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group.

Note: Syrian Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor at the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).  
Joan R. Platt is a director at the Human Rights Watch, and was a director at the Genocide Intervention Network.
Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and John F. Kerry’s brother.  
John F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s brother, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and married to Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), an emeritus life trustee at the Carnegie Mellon University, and a trustee emeritus at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Andrew Carnegie was the endowed predecessor schools for the Carnegie Mellon University, the founder of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013       
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and is the president of the Barack Obama administration.
Trumpeter Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan was awarded 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and is the acting head for the Nation of Islam (Muslim).

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