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MASS MURDERERS IN THE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
October 15, 2013 Tuesday
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Oct. 15 -- Here is a tentative list of modern mass murderers
and the estimated number of people killed by their orders (excluding
enemy armies). In many cases (notably Stalin's and Mao's cases)
one has to decide how to consider the millions who died indirectly
because of their political decisions. The Chinese cultural revolution
caused the death of 30 million people (according to the current Chinese
government), but many died of hunger. Stalin is held responsible for
the death of millions by Ukrainians, but "only" half a million people
were killed by his order. Khomeini sent children to die in the war
against Iraq, but it was a war.
Mass killings occurred under some Communist regimes during the
twentieth century with an estimated death toll numbering between 85
and 100 million.
The highest death tolls that have been documented in communist states
occurred in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, in the People's
Republic of China under Mao Zedong, and in Cambodia under the Khmer
Rouge. The estimates of the number of non-combatants killed by these
three regimes alone range from a low of 21 million to a high of 70
million. There have also been killings on a smaller scale in North
Korea, Vietnam, and some Eastern European and African countries. Two
of the worst atrocities of the 20th century started in the month of
April: the killing of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Empire Turkey
in 1915 and 1916, and the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate
Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. Scholars and survivors say the process of
healing is not easy.
Most of these ruthless mass murderers have been considered as
heroes by many people. That was totally due to lack of knowledge of
their activities. Most of these killers were eccentric sociopaths
(psychopaths). They have not remorse, they never felt guilty and they
never had to apologize to anybody. Unfortunately United Nations became
a toothless, gutless organization who could never effectively curb
these activities of these mass murderers. UN was not in existence
during World War II.
Still today UN has become a totally ineffective organization, with no
control over these killers and cannot protect the innocent civilians.
They cannot prevent the chemical weapons used in Syria. UN try to get
the credit, but by closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.
Many people are of the opinion that the UN officials can be bought.
This is where some officials are bias when it comes to dealing with
governments over human rights. They become partial even to lawless
terrorists. UN needs a complete overhaul if they want to become a
world organization who can protect innocent civilians. What happened
in the African Continent and how millions were slaughtered by the
ruthless dictators cannot be forgotten.
From: Baghdasarian
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
October 15, 2013 Tuesday
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Oct. 15 -- Here is a tentative list of modern mass murderers
and the estimated number of people killed by their orders (excluding
enemy armies). In many cases (notably Stalin's and Mao's cases)
one has to decide how to consider the millions who died indirectly
because of their political decisions. The Chinese cultural revolution
caused the death of 30 million people (according to the current Chinese
government), but many died of hunger. Stalin is held responsible for
the death of millions by Ukrainians, but "only" half a million people
were killed by his order. Khomeini sent children to die in the war
against Iraq, but it was a war.
Mass killings occurred under some Communist regimes during the
twentieth century with an estimated death toll numbering between 85
and 100 million.
The highest death tolls that have been documented in communist states
occurred in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, in the People's
Republic of China under Mao Zedong, and in Cambodia under the Khmer
Rouge. The estimates of the number of non-combatants killed by these
three regimes alone range from a low of 21 million to a high of 70
million. There have also been killings on a smaller scale in North
Korea, Vietnam, and some Eastern European and African countries. Two
of the worst atrocities of the 20th century started in the month of
April: the killing of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Empire Turkey
in 1915 and 1916, and the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate
Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. Scholars and survivors say the process of
healing is not easy.
Most of these ruthless mass murderers have been considered as
heroes by many people. That was totally due to lack of knowledge of
their activities. Most of these killers were eccentric sociopaths
(psychopaths). They have not remorse, they never felt guilty and they
never had to apologize to anybody. Unfortunately United Nations became
a toothless, gutless organization who could never effectively curb
these activities of these mass murderers. UN was not in existence
during World War II.
Still today UN has become a totally ineffective organization, with no
control over these killers and cannot protect the innocent civilians.
They cannot prevent the chemical weapons used in Syria. UN try to get
the credit, but by closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.
Many people are of the opinion that the UN officials can be bought.
This is where some officials are bias when it comes to dealing with
governments over human rights. They become partial even to lawless
terrorists. UN needs a complete overhaul if they want to become a
world organization who can protect innocent civilians. What happened
in the African Continent and how millions were slaughtered by the
ruthless dictators cannot be forgotten.
From: Baghdasarian