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josh buermann

"in the wake of an attack that killed more than 120 civilians, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly discussed the issue with #Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu... pressed by The Intercept following Blinken’s visit on what actions the State Department would take if Nigeria’s military continued to kill civilians, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee said, at the time, “I’m not going to get into #hypotheticals.”"

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A January 17, 2017, airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Rann, Nigeria — revealed by The Intercept to involve the U.S. — killed more than 160 civilians and seriously wounded more than 120 people. In September 2021, the Nigerian Air Force admitted that it attacked a village, killing 10 civilians and injuring another 20. That April, a Nigerian military helicopter reportedly launched indiscriminate attacks on homes, farms, and a school. A reported Nigerian airstrike on a village in neighboring Niger in February 2022 killed at least 12 civilians. Another attack in August 2022 left at least eight civilians dead. Witnesses and local officials said a December 2022 strike killed at least 64 people, including civilians. An attack in January 2023 killed 39 civilians and injured at least six others. And a December 2023 strike killed more than 120 villagers celebrating Maulud, the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, according to Amnesty International. A 2023 Reuters analysis of data compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, a U.S.-based armed violence monitoring group, found more than 2,600 people were killed in 248 airstrikes outside the most active war zones in Nigeria during the previous five years. Most victims were identified as “communal militia,” a catchall category that includes local self-defense forces, criminal gangs, and so-called bandits.
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

[Video] #Murder, #coup, #bribery: #Trump #team stands by #extreme #hypotheticals in #SupremeCourt #Immunity #case

#RachelMaddow recaps the day's #arguments before the #SupremeCourt on "#presidential #immunity" and the lengths to which #justices devoted to #DonaldTrump and the #RepublicanParty went to #accommodate #Trump's #audacious argument that he should be #impervious from #Criminal #prosecution for his #role in the #January6th #insurrection.

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MSNBC · Murder, coup, bribery: Trump team stands by extreme hypotheticals in Supreme Court immunity caseBy MSNBC.com
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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​

So, the question of whether and/or how a Former Chief Executive might serve a sentence is making the rounds.

Apparently there's some concern about mixing with the General Population of incarcerated. (We can't have them being corrupted and/or subject to Cruel and Unusual Punishment, of course.)

If only there were, say, for the sake of argument, an isolated, off-shore, extrajudicial, high-security, long-term facility. Perhaps as an exclave of a nearby but not-entirely-friendly-terms island country. If you git mo' of what I'm sayin', here.

Or perhaps the UK could let out Saint Helena for the purpose.

Or he could be put up in one of his own hotels. Staff quarters.

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