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The vote was 295-123 on Friday. The congressional action has no immediate effect on American involvement but represents a repudiation of the commander in chief.
The vote marks the first time since 1999 that either House has voted against a military operation. The last time was over president Bill Clinton's authority in the Bosnian war.
House Republican leaders pushed for the vote, with rank-and-file members saying the president broke the law by failing to seek congressional approval for the 3-month-old war. Some Democrats accused the GOP of playing politics with national security.
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Why in Gods name did we even get involved in Libya? weren't we already fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Why in Gods name did we even get involved in Libya? weren't we already fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Hey, it takes a lot of cruise missiles to be worthy of a peace prize.
Allegations that Muammar Qaddafi ordered the mass rape of women and passed out Viagra to his troops to give them more zeal for the task have been widely cited most recently by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). But independent researchers who have sought to corroborate the claim in Libya now say they have found no evidence to back it whatsoever.
Donatella Rovera, a senior researcher for Amnesty International, spent three months in Libya this spring and has contributed to a string of reports that show Mr. Qaddafi's forces have engaged in a series of war crimes.
Qaddafi's forces have indiscriminately fired missiles into civilian neighborhoods, dropped cluster bombs on them, and laid antipersonnel mines in areas filled with civilian foot traffic, all against the laws of war. Hundreds of Libyans, at least, have disappeared at the hands of Qaddafi's government since the uprising began. And Qaddafi has a well-documented history since he seized power in 1969 of using torture to suppress dissent.
But despite Amnesty's extensive efforts and pressure from donors and foreign governments to verify the claims of mass rape, the organization has come up short. "We have not spoken to any victims or anybody who has met victims, except for the one doctor who has spoken a lot to the media," says Ms. Rovera. "We approached her to see if there was anything more to learn from her, on this particular issue; she couldn't put us in touch with any victims." Patrick Cockburn of The Independent reports that Human Rights Watch also has found no evidence to support the claim.
War propaganda
The truth is the first casualty of war.
The truth is the first casualty of war.
The truth is you support murders and terrorists. Who could have guessed you would support Kaddafi?
We never should have gotten anywhere near this Libya mess.
The truth is the first casualty of war.
The truth is the first casualty of war.
So are Woman and children. We know you are a Jew hater. Now we know that the rape of women and children is acceptable to you as well.
Fuelled 'by Viagra', Gaddafi's troops use rape as a weapon of war with children as young as EIGHT among the victims
By Daily Mail Reporter
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.
Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.
When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.
Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
Libya: Gaddafi's troops rape children as young as eight | Mail Online
The truth is the first casualty of war.
So are Woman and children. We know you are a Jew hater. Now we know that the rape of women and children is acceptable to you as well.
Fuelled 'by Viagra', Gaddafi's troops use rape as a weapon of war with children as young as EIGHT among the victims
By Daily Mail Reporter
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.
Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.
When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.
Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
Libya: Gaddafi's troops rape children as young as eight | Mail Online