Topic: War On Terror
Political Crime - UN DIPLOMAT KILLED IN IRAQ. To Whom Did This Murder Interest? Comments about documentary presented by the German TV Deutsche Welle. Broadcast on November 18, 2008by Edu Montesanti Goldoni
(liberal)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
To whom did Sergio Vieira de Mello death interest?
With this question, the German TV Deutsche Welle starts the documentary Political Crimes - Part I, which presents all the context of Sergio Vieira de Mello's death, a Brazilian diplomat, the special United Nations (UN) envoy to Iraq. In May 2003, a few weeks after the U.S. invasion to that country, the UN building in Baghdad where he met was totally bombed, an obscure fact up to date.
Vieira de Mello, who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948, started his job at the UN when he was 20 years old, on peace missions, and for refugees all over the world. This Brazilian, remarkable for his humanitarianism, sense of justice, fighter and intellectual, was decisive to the East Timor independence in 1999, what valorized him very much at the UN and all over the world.
The UN considered illegal the U.S. invasion to Iraq, and Vieira de Mello declares, among several criticizes about mistakes of the US Army there: "If they have invaded Iraq, may this be as short as possible". He also exposes how the U.S. has applied to Iraq the UN 1483 resolution, which has taken away its sovereignty: "Instead of taking Iraqi sovereignty, and give it to the UN, the U.S. has given it to itself'.
In the meantime, the new Iraq government officials refuse to dialogue with Americans, saying that they would do it only with Vieira de Mello. "This reconstruction job in Iraq would be impossible without Sergio Vieira de Mello", declares AI-Sirani, a government member. A letter from the Iraqi government even asks the UN for assuming its responsibility there.
To this reconstruction, according to the UN and Vieira de Mello himself, any collaboration from Paul Bremer, the Coalition leader, has been hard. Vieira de Mello's wife, Carolina, said after his death: "Bremer and Sergio's relationship had been getting cold. Americans did not need Sergio any more".
On this documentary, the very moment of the explosion in the building, which Vieira de Mello was, is shown. A despair takes everyone, especially UN officials and Carolina, who run everywhere on the wreckage screaming totally terrified, "Sergio!?". Finally, a UN official hears someone groaning and meets Vieira de Mello under the stones. In an absolute state of terror, he asks American soldiers for a spade: they refuse to give it to him.
If an interrogation mark still flies over Sergio Vieira de Mello death, a thing is right: since 2003 the Iraqis do not have any control on their territory, less to give an order there. We also know very well that when terrorists attack, they or their terrorism nets are the first to claim such atrocities. The U.S. immediately accused AI-Qaeda for the explosion in Baghdad who killed Vieira de Mello, anticipating AI-Qaeda itself - which has not claimed for its responsability yet ... five years after. Well, after this documentary and all evidences, this interrogation mark, to whom did Sergio Vieira de Mello death interest, surely does not fly lost in the air anymore...
We invite you to read our article in this column, Anna Politkovskaya Award' 2008 to Malalai" Joya - The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan. Be sure: everything will be clear for you about the intricate question: to whom did Sergio Vieira de Mello death interest? You are also going to understand exactly WHY he died. Ms. Joya, an ex-MP expelled from Parliament for speaking out against the warlords, drug traffickers of the Northern Alliance supported by the US, has a lot to tell us.
A special thanks to Jake, the Champion of the Constitution, who revised this article. Visit his very timely column on the Nolan Chart, here
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