Mali and u.n. intervention

An attack in Mali on Thursday, resulting in over a dozen deaths has been blamed on a feud or inter-ethnic violence. There has been a war in Mali since 2013. Minusma, the united nations multi-dimensional integrated stabilizing mission in Mali, has been a presence from about the same time. Attacks have been blamed on religious extremism according to some but others have described the conflict as a war for independence. Mali is believed to be the third largest producer of gold on the African continent. In spite of a minusma presence in Mali reportedly for over six years, there is believed to be little or no services now, particularly in the north.
Various linked agreements are cited by u.n. contingents. Sanctions are documented as a consequence if unspecified terms of the agreement are not met. The agreement claims to be the only pathway to peace.
A study on intervention outlines the criteria for intervention decisions as follows: *Entrepeuners are believed to play a role who often benefit disproportionately.
*According to some it is the would be entrepeuners who reportedly create a narrative for military intervention and sell it to the media.
*A key strategy in the interest of ambiguity is the lobbying of heads of state to support the intervention policy, and key roles.

The royal Irish constabulary and the black and tans

A commemeration of the royal Irish constabulory to take place tomorrow at Dublin Castle has been cancelled due to public opinion to the contrary. The royal Irish constabulary under British rule were accused of never being an ordinary police force. There were reports of discrimination and they were linked by some to sectarian violence.
The war of independence was fought on the streets and in the country. Beginning in 1919, it resulted in a reported thousands of former British soldiers enlisting in the aftermath of the first world war. The r.i.c. are believed to have taken to paramilitary activities. They became notorious for attacks on civillians and civillian property. The term black and tans refers to a mix of police and army uniforms. Having a reputation for brutality, there are reports of civillian murders, arson and looting of property.
Disbanding when the war reached its conclusion in 1921, black and tans were said to have joined the royal Ulster constabulary and the Palestine police force, a colonial force in what was then termed as mandatory palestine, under British control until the recreation of an Israeli state in 1948. Others are reported to have settled in the colonies.

Conditions of democracy

Democracy is what the u.k. and perhaps the u.s. often say they are fighting for. When all is said and done it is perceived as a value as in northern Ireland and the middle East. Yet there are reports of infiltration which might render democracy a fallacy.
Positions in the British labour party have been filled by tories. Tony Blair was known to be an admirer of Margaret Thatcher. New Labour and many other, as said socialist movements are elite constructs, in order to serve a purpose of a pretence of democracy.
Democracy can be a fallacy if a party has lost its socialist or nationalist values but is carrying on complacently. Democratic policies such as two or more parties often mean a politician represents his party rather than his country. Might result in inter party feuds as opposed to a unitary system which might be viable.

Apportioning blame – the prevailing culture

It is apparently a psychological fact that a person from a prevailing culture tends to apportioned blame to an individual according to their circumstances. For instance rather than acknowledging an unemployment problem, an individual from a prevailing culture would blame the unemployed. The criteria is believed to be also true of persons who have conjoined with the prevailing culture.

Torture as a tactic?

It’s no secret that in the past torture has been advocated in the u.s. Donald Trump has been criticised for apparently nominating persons for office who are said to have pro-torture backgrounds.
Torture is documented to be illegal in the u.s., even so torture has been advocated in the media by various public and military personnel. This fact withstanding, why hasn’t the president insisted on the freedom of Julian Assange who leaked documents said to concern the torture of Iraqi prisoners of war? Reference to former revelations, meaning the public were already informed. There is no evidence that advocates of said to be illegal procedures have been prosecuted.

Another casualty to homelessness

A thought to be relatively new phenomena is tent villages of homeless people, reported in Dublin and Cork. On Wednesday an incident occurred resulting in a homeless man sustaining what is described as life changing injuries after a tent he was living in by the Grand Canal, Dublin was removed mechanically by a city council vehicle. It must be that council workers failed to ensure the tent was empty prior to carrying out an executive order to remove tents from the waterway.
Price, quality and standard of accomodation contribute to homelessness, as does suzerainty values, that is landlords are not subject to any substantial procedures, can break the law, often advertise substandard accomodation; and if this is the case it can be difficult and expensive for the tennant to find different accomodation.

Financial crisis in Venezuela

Three quarters of the residents of Venezuela’s major cities are without a regular water supply and about half are exposed to what is described as daily blackouts according to a media news report. In rural areas people live in primitive conditions. Reportedly, seven years of crippling sanctions have been devastating for the economy. The once wealthy nation’s resources were recently described as dwindling.

Nationals turn down peace deal

Libyan nationalist contingents seem reluctant to sign an unconditional peace deal brought forward by the u.n. backed government of national accord.
There are reports of a refugee crisis and the e.u. are said to have spent almost a hundred million euro on the Libyan coastguard over the past three years in order to stop a flow of migrancy to Europe. It was reported that almost a thousand people have tried to leave Libya since the beginning of the year. Maltese armed forces are believed to be stemming the flow of migrants, probably returning them to Libya. Food scarcity is believed to be a reason why. Food shortages have been reported over the past three years, possibly leading to chronic problems such as protein difficiency.

Irish banks now privately owned

The Bank of Ireland, historically described as the premier banking authority in Ireland, was reportedly the subject of an informal retrieval of £30.5 million in July 2000 in what was thought to be tax arrears. BOI is now what is described as a public limited company, that is a company under u.k. and commonwealth law. This is of concern to some as u.k. banking laws allow for the seizing of assets which was reported to be widespread in the u.k. BOI was audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 2009 when according to documentation, shares were reduced to €0.12. Shareholders received no help from the central bank.
The Allied Irish bank is now also owned by shareholders under u.k. and commonwealth banking law.

Israeli courts should deal with Palestinian complaints

The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court is reported to have stated that there is legal basis to investigate war crimes in Gaza and the west bank. The i.c.c. is documented as authorised by the united nations security council. Crimes they are permitted to investigate and prosecute are listed as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. In these cases, according to documentation, there is no time limit set after an event within which legal proceedings may be innitiated. The jurisdiction of the court is documented as to be established either with the consent of local courts or when there is an omission by local courts to deal with an illegal matter.