EU begins military intervention in Mediterranean

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At their meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, European Union (EU) foreign ministers agreed to the commencement of a military mission against so-called people smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea. EU governments plan use warships, fighter jets and drones to destroy smugglers’ boats – even if they’re full of refugees.

I suppose mass slaughter is one solution to the refugee problem. It’s also a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

Originally posted on Counter Information:

By Martin Kreickenbaum

25 June 2015

At their meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, European Union (EU) foreign ministers agreed to the commencement of the EUNAVFOR Med mission against so-called people smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea. The programme plans to target refugee boats and involves a massive expansion of intelligence and police powers.

The first phase of the operation is to begin within days. It involves intelligence agency spying on alleged smuggling organisations and networks in North Africa, particularly Libya.

Agents are to locate targets and identify boats and suspected masterminds, before forwarding this data to the command centre. With this information, refugee boats will be intercepted, confiscated and destroyed on the high seas in the second phase of the operation. The third stage allegedly involves the deployment of Predator drones, Tornado fighter jets and military divers on the coast and in Libyan ports.

The military operation is a response to…

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