UN security council classifies rape a "war tactic"
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"][/span]With a document detailing the use of rape as a tactic in war and a threat to global security, the United Nations Security Council this week voted unanimously to approve resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war. [blockquote]The former commander of the UN peacekeeping force in eastern Congo, Maj Gen Patrick Cammaert, told the BBC he had personally witnessed its impact. "It's a very effective weapon, because the communities are totally destroyed," he said. [/p] "You destroy communities. You punish the men, and you punish the women, doing it in front of the men." [/p][/blockquote] [a href="vny!://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7464462.stm"]Link[/a]
