(Note: My statement was only meant in a humorous light. Nothing more, nothing less. It was not meant to detract from the horror that is rape or what women (and men) who are victims of rape go through on a physical and psychological level...)
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Gaddafi ordered mass rape as a weapon, International Criminal Court claims
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has said that Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi ordered mass rapes and bought containers of sex drugs for troops to attack women.
Iman al-Obaidi, right, burst into a Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying and told them of the attack Photo: AP7:00AM BST 09 Jun 2011 Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he may ask for a new charge of mass rape to be made against Gaddafi following the new evidence.
The chief International Criminal Court prosecutor is expecting a decision from judges within days on his request for crimes against humanity charges against the Libyan leader.
"Now we are getting some information that Gaddafi himself decided to rape, and this is new," Mr Moreno-Ocampo said.
He said there were reports of hundreds of women attacked in some areas of Libya, which is in the grip of a months-long internal rebellion.
Mr Moreno-Ocampo said there was evidence that the Libyan authorities bought "Viagra-type" medicines and gave them to troops as part of the official rape policy.
"We had doubts at the beginning but now we are more convinced that he decided to punish using rapes," the prosecutor said.
He told reporters at the UN in New York that he had collected evidence suggesting the Libyan leader had decided to punish women by using rape as a weapon in the hope that it would instil fear and curb dissent.
In March, a Libyan woman, Eman al-Obeidi, made headlines around the world after she burst into a Tripoli hotel and said she had been raped by Gaddafi's troops. She is recovering at a refugee centre in Romania.
"It was very bad – beyond the limits, I would say," Mr Moreno-Ocampo added.
Rape has been used as a military tactic for thousands of years.
Doesn't make it acceptable...
I know more than a few people who have been through that.
I have no human empathy for anyone who does this - they should be hung by the offending weapon (their tool) to be flogged by the victims until near death. Let them heal, repeat. Let this go on until they beg for an end and then let them loose in the general prison population. Every once in a while do it all again. Let them live in fear for the rest of their lives.
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Originally posted by skuzzbomer: Doesn't make it acceptable...
Never said it did...
My mom got raped when I was a little kid, broke her jaw and messed her up pretty badly. I guess luckily I was too young to understand other than my mother was hurt. Yeah, there's a special place in hell for rapists...
My mom got raped when I was a little kid, broke her jaw and messed her up pretty badly. I guess luckily I was too young to understand other than my mother was hurt. Yeah, there's a special place in hell for rapists...
I'm so sorry that happened to your mom.
I just don't understand that. The want for power? Sure... The desire to control? Sure... But to willingly harm someone for your own pleasure is just sick.
Ugh.
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I just don't understand that. The want for power? Sure... The desire to control? Sure... But to willingly harm someone for your own pleasure is just sick.
Ugh.
If you understand it, you are sick too. Some things are better left not understood. ( dealt with, ya, understood, no )
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If you understand it, you are sick too. Some things are better left not understood. ( dealt with, ya, understood, no )
Nah, I'm not sick. I'm saying I understand how somebody could want power so badly but never gain it, or desire control in their lives but can't control anything. I don't understand how that turns into hurting someone, though.
Never been there... never will be there. So no, I'm not sick.
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Originally posted by theBDub: I'm saying I understand how somebody could want power so badly but never gain it, or desire control in their lives but can't control anything. I don't understand how that turns into hurting someone, though.
Neither does Weiner.
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(Note: My statement was only meant in a humorous light. Nothing more, nothing less. It was not meant to detract from the horror that is rape or what women (and men) who are victims of rape go through on a physical and psychological level...)
so what was she wearing? Flirting is hsrmless if not taken seriously and , who does?
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Nah, I'm not sick. I'm saying I understand how somebody could want power so badly but never gain it, or desire control in their lives but can't control anything. I don't understand how that turns into hurting someone, though.
Never been there... never will be there. So no, I'm not sick.
I didn't mean YOU were sick specifically, it was a generic term ..