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by Samantha Power


  Halabja massacre, 187–190

  Holocaust analogy, 216–219

  Israel and, 235–236

  Kurdish uprising, 237–241

  mass executions, 195–198

  overview of, 170–173

  U.S. economic sanctions, xix–xx, 203–206

  Iraq Liberation Act (1998), 491

  Ith Sarin, 98

  Izetbegovic, Pres. Alija, 263

  Jackson, Justice Robert, 488

  Janvier, Bernard, 393, 397–398

  Jeffords, Sen. James, 376

  Jennings, Peter, 432

  Jews. see also Holocaust

  anti-Semitism and, 35, 155

  criticizing U.S. Bosnian policy, 277–278

  Nazi atrocities in Poland, 31–33, 38

  John Birch Society, 155–156

  Johnson, Hershel, 35

  Johnson, Ralph, 298

  Johnson, Richard, 287, 290, 292, 296

  Judgment at Nuremberg (film), 73

  Kagame, Paul, 380, 485

  Kamm, Henry, 120

  Kang Keck Ieu (Duch), 143, 490

  Karadzic, Radovan, 275, 284, 476, 493, 500

  Karremans, Col. Tom, 399, 400–401, 417

  Karski, Jan, 32–34, 121

  Kassebaum, Sen. Nancy, 236, 286

  Kelikian, Dr. Hampar, 253

  Kelly, John, 235

  Kemal, Mustafa (Atatürk), 15–16

  Kenney, George, 286

  Keraterm concentration camp, 275–276, 288

  Khmer Rouge. see KR (Khmer Rouge)

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 176, 177, 184–185, 200

  Kiernan, Ben, 114, 486–488

  The Killing Fields (film), 489

  Kinkel, Klaus, 482

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 158

  Kissinger, Henry, 91, 107–108, 175, 252, 259, 354, 456

  Klarin, Mirko, 481, 498

  Koestler, Arthur, 515

  Koh, Harold, 162–163

  Kohl, Helmut, 161

  Kohner, Hanna Bloch, 72

  Koki, Ishiyama, 98–99

  Koppel, Ted, 374–375

  Korey, William, 156, 157

  Korn, David, 195, 220

  Kosovo, 442–473. see also Albanians, Kosovo; Milosevic, Slobodan; Serbs, Kosovo

  atrocities in, 446, 449–451, 467

  overview of, 443–448

  persecution of Albanians in, 253–254

  persecution of Serbs in, 463–466

  Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), 445

  Kosovo, U.S. response, 448–473

  constraint of no casualties, 449–451, 454–458, 461–462

  criticisms of NATO’s intervention, 460–467

  futility of involvement, 463–466

  genocide controversy, 466–472

  miscalculating Milosevic, 451–454

  overview of, 460–461

  post-bombing legacy, 460–473

  U.S. attempts to estimate casualties, 466–472

  Kostunica, Pres. Vojislav, 472

  Kovanda, Karel, 361

  KR (Khmer Rouge)

  atrocity warnings in U.S., 102–104

  background of, 90–100

  credentials in UN of, 149–154

  forced evacuation of Phnom Penh, 87–90, 104–107

  ideology of, 119–120

  mass murder by, xix, 142–145

  McGovern for U.S. military overthrow of, 132–136

  policy after Vietnamese victory, 146–149

  refugee reports, 115–121

  secretiveness of, 99, 109–110

  takeover of Phnom Penh, 87–90

  torture by, 143–145, 488–489

  U.S. begins condemnations of, 127–132

  U.S. impressions of, 95–100

  U.S. skepticism of atrocities, 101–102, 111–115

  Vietnamese overthrow of, 140–142

  visitors into Cambodia and, 136–140

  war crime trials of, 486–490

  Krstic, Radislav

  prosecution of, 476–479, 500–502

  role in Srebrenica, 392

  Kurds

  absence of lobby in U.S., 229–230

  Anfal campaign vs., 171–173, 187–190, 195–198, 231–232, 242–245

  background of, 173–176

  destruction of villages, 181–185

  genocide against, 198–203

  Holocaust analogy to, 216–219

  Iran-Iraq war and, 177–178

  Iraqi use of chemical weapons vs., 186–195, 207–216

  mass executions of, 195–198

  safe haven for, 241, 507

  sanctions bill on genocide, 203–206, 212, 219–220, 222–224, 226–231

  uprising of, 237–241

  Kuwait, 236

  Lake, Anthony

  background of, 294

  Bosnian war, endgame strategy, 410, 437–438

  response to dissent over U.S. Bosnia policy, 315–316, 405

  Rwandan genocide, actions during, 364, 370, 371, 377, 378

  Land, Tony, 280

  Lansing, Robert, 12–14

  Lantos, Rep. Tom, 221, 235, 273

  Leader, Joyce, 331–332, 354, 364–365

  Lehrer, Jim, 314, 351

  Lemkin, Raphael, 17–30, 37–45, 47–73

  assassination of Talaat, 17, 19

  Axis Rule in Occupied Europe and, 38–40

  background of, 20–21

  coinage of word “genocide,” 29, 40–45

  correspondence of, 61, 63

  enemies/disappointments of, 77–78

  flight from Hitler of, 23–26

  human rights and, xix, 60, 74–78

  influence on Aryeh Neier, 257

  influence on Peter Galbraith, 202–203

  international crime and, 48

  legacy, 361, 514

  “Lemkinian” voices, 251, 326, 425

  Nuremberg court and, 48–50

  political instincts of, 54–55, 63–64

  tribute to work of, 168–169

  universal jurisdiction and, 19–23

  Levi, Primo, 73, 206, 465

  Lewis, Anthony, 433

  Lie, Trygve, 54

  Lieberman, Sen. Joseph, 425, 429, 437

  Lloyd George, Prime Min. David, 16

  Lodge, Sen. Henry Cabot, 68

  Loeu, Angkar, 115–116

  Lon Nol, 89, 92–95, 98, 100, 101

  London declaration on Bosnia (1995), 416, 427

  Lugar, Sen. Richard, 163, 164

  Macedonia, 448, 450

  Major, Prime Min. John, 240, 483

  Manjaca concentration camp, 271, 291, 294

  Marchal, Luc, 368

  Markovic, Mirjana, 475

  Marley, Tony, 345, 359, 371

  Marshall, Penny, 275–276

  Masaryk, Jan, 53

  mass graves, aerial photos of, 419

  Matak, Prince Sirik, 89–90, 95

  May, Judge Richard, 475

  Mazowiecki, Tadeusz, 290–291, 417, 482

  McCain, Sen. John, 441, 456

  McCarthy, Sen. Joseph, 69, 76

  McCloskey, Rep. Frank

  election defeat of, 325

  encounter with Clinton, 325–326

  genocide convention and, 300

  politics and voting record of, 324

  role in exposing Bosnian genocide, 298–300, 318–323, 325

  witnessing atrocities, 254–255, 298–299

  McCurry, Michael, 351–352, 421, 431–432

  McFadden, Tim, 500

  McGovern, Sen. George, 104, 132–136, 142, 146, 180

  McMahon, Sen. Brien, 66, 69

  media

  Armenian atrocities coverage, 9

  Bosnia coverage, 276–277, 412, 430–434

  Cambodia coverage, 110–111, 130–131

  Iraq coverage, 186–187, 190–193, 201–202, 211, 216–219, 225, 230

  Rwandan coverage, 355–357, 374–375

  Srebrenica coverage, 430–435

  war crime tribunal coverage, 496–499

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sp; Melady, Amb. Thomas Patrick, 83

  Menzies, John, 405

  Middle East Watch. see Human Rights Watch

  Milosevic, Slobodan

  arrest of, 472

  corrupt rule of, 444–445

  Croatian massacres, denial of, 254–255

  Dayton accords, signing, 443–444, 453

  destroying evidence of war crimes, 472

  duplicity of, 254–255, 260, 264, 452, 453

  NATO war against, 454–459

  prosecution of, 475–476

  Racak massacre (Kosovo), 447

  Serbs, declaring separate state, 248–249

  UN–EU negotiation process, 259–260

  UN War Crimes Tribunal and, 475–479

  Mitchell, Sen. George, 154, 193, 200, 239

  Mitterand, Pres. François, 483

  Mladic, Ratko

  attack on Srebrenica by, xiii–xiv, 392, 401–405, 500

  failure to arrest, 476, 493

  threats of, 398, 400–402

  Mok, Ta, 490

  Montgomery, Bill, 287

  Moose, George, 345

  Morgenthau, Amb. Henry

  constraints against, 6–8

  New York Times coverage and, 9

  U.S. policy toward Turkey and, xix, 5–6, 10, 12

  Morris, Dick, 306–307, 437, 476

  Moynihan, Sen. Daniel Patrick, 165–166, 239

  Mugesera, Leon, 339–340

  Mujawamariya, Monique, 331, 337, 365–366

  Muratovic, Hasan, 405

  Murphy, Richard, 209–210, 216, 224–226

  Muskie, Sen. Edmund, 153

  Muslims, Bosnian

  concentration camps for, 269–274

  genocide, ethnic cleansing, 249–251

  genocide, evidence of, 320–321

  Islamic support to, 395

  resistance efforts of, 255–258, 308–309, 400

  safe areas and, 393–396

  Srebrenica, 391–441

  hopes for international rescue, 400

  massacre of males, 392, 401–404, 411–416

  provocations from, 398

  suffering of, 248–249, 275–276, 294–295

  war with Croats, 309

  Muslims, Cham, Cambodia, 101, 117, 119, 154

  Muslims, Shiite, uprising in Iraq, 237

  mustard gas, 205. see also chemical weapons

  Muth, Meas, 489

  My Lai massacre (Vietnam), 91

  National Council on Negro Women, support for genocide convention, 67–68

  NATO and Bosnia

  arrest policy of, 443–444, 492, 494

  bombings end war, 438–440

  “Operation 40-104” (extraction of peacekeepers), 424

  protection of Sarajevo by, xi–xii

  Srebrenica bombing, 392–393, 399–400

  NATO and Kosovo

  American credibility, 448

  ground troops, reluctance to use, 454–458, 461–462

  intensification of military action, 456

  miscalculating Milosevic, 451–454

  Operation Horseshoe, 449–450

  Serb tactics against, 450–451

  Naumann, Klaus, 454–455

  Nazis, 249. see also Hitler, Adolf

  Neier, Aryeh, 257–258, 290, 428

  Neou, Kassie, 140–141, 148–149

  neutrality. see bystander attitudes

  “never again,” xxi, 357, 433, 503–504, 515

  New York Times

  on Cambodia, 110–111

  on death of Raphael Lemkin, 78

  on fall of Srebrenica, 430

  on genocide resolution in UN, 54

  on Iraqi chemical weapons use, 192–193

  on Ottoman massacres, 9, 505

  on Rwandan massacres, 356–357, 505

  on suicide of Szmul Zygielbojm, 37

  suppression of truth about Hitler in, 35

  Niles, Tom, 272–273

  Nixon, Pres. Richard, 89, 91–92, 92–93

  Nobel Peace Prize, 77

  Ntalaja, George Nzongola, 355–356

  Ntaryamira, Pres. Cyprien, 329

  Nuremberg tribunal, 48–51

  courtroom legacy of, 481–484

  genocide convention and, 51, 58

  Oakley, Phyllis, 208, 418

  Oakley, Robert, 134

  Ochs, Adolph, 9

  Omarska concentration camp, 272, 273, 275–276

  Operation Allied Force (1999), 448

  Operation Deliberate Force (1995), 440

  Operation Horseshoe (1999), 449–450

  Operation Menu (1969–1970), 92

  Operation Provide Comfort (1991), 241, 261

  Operation Turquoise (1994), 380

  Ottoman Turkey, genocide of Armenians, warning 2, recognition 4, response 6, aftermath 14. see also Armenians

  Owen, Lord David, 259, 327

  Owen, Wilfred, 205

  Oxman, Stephen, 319–320

  Ozal, Turgut, 179–180

  Pakistan

  genocide, 82

  Khan, Sir Zafrullah, 59

  Paris Peace Accords, Cambodia, 154

  Paris Peace Conference (1919), 14

  Patton, Larry, 83, 167

  PDD-25 (Presidential Decision Directive)

  factors for peacekeeping decisions, 342

  UN peacekeepers in Rwanda and, 345–346, 377–380

  peacekeepers. see UN peacekeeping

  Pehle, John, 35

  Pell, Sen. Clairborne

  condemnation of Khmer Rouge, 127–128

  genocide convention and, 80–81, 165

  Iraq sanctions, 204–206, 216–217, 230–231

  Pell, Herbert C., 80–81

  Percy, Sen. Charles, 160

  Perle, Richard, 302

  perpetrator behavior

  counter accusations, 34

  dehumanizing victims, 506

  denial and deception, 15, 112, 126, 147, 193, 211, 401, 403

  deny, block or “postpone” access, 99, 207, 268, 411

  destruction of evidence, 472, 506

  documents by, 2, 145, 250, 338–339

  euphemistic language, 110, 118–119, 129, 249, 501, 506–507

  hate propaganda, 107, 338–340, 380

  testing for response (trial balloons), 260, 345, 398, 506–507

  war, cover of, 90–91, 193, 505

  perpetrators, bystander aid to

  agricultural credits for, 173, 204

  arms embargo, maintained, 371, 423–430, 437–438

  diplomatic and UN recognition for, 149–154

  procuring aid from other governments, 147

  public relations for, 211

  withdrawal of peacekeepers, 369

  perpetrators, major. see al-Majid, Bagosora, Hitler, Hussein, Karadzic, Milosevic, Mladic, Pol Pot, Talaat

  Perry, William, 305, 317, 371, 373

  Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurds), 174, 189

  Phnom Penh

  foreigners evacuate, 104–107

  Khmer Rouge takeover, 87–90

  Vietnamese seizure, 142

  Pike, Douglas, 134

  Pinter, Harold, 462

  Pitter, Laura, 270–271

  Pol Pot (Saloth Sar)

  background and identity of, 93, 109–110

  denial of atrocities, 112

  documentation of crimes, 489

  extermination of enemies by, 118–119

  meeting with Western journalists, 139–140

  secretiveness of, 99

  torture instruments of, 143–145

  UN Credentials Committee and, 151–152

  U.S. role in the rise of, 90–95

  Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and, 141–142

  Poland

  Nazi atrocities in, 31–33

  personnel in Rwanda, 349–350

  Polish National Council (London), 31

  Pomfret, John, 413

  Ponchaud, François, 100–101, 120

  Poos, Jacques, 258–259

  Pope, Larry, 185–186, 19
9, 222, 228

  Porter, Gareth, 112–113, 128

  Powell, Gen. Colin

  bombing of Baghdad and, 237

  opposition to military engagement in Balkans, 261, 262, 285, 304

  respect for, 179, 285

  Prevention of Genocide Act (1988)

  contents of bill, 173, 205–206, 212

  defeat of, 227, 230

  Senate sentiment changes toward, 222–224

  Prosper, Pierre, 385, 485–486

  Proxmire, Sen. William, xix, 79–85, 155–169

  background of, 79

  crediting work of, 165–166

  genocide convention, critics of, 155–156

  genocide convention, nonratification as undermining U.S. interests, 158–159

  genocide convention, ratification of, 167–168

  genocide in Iraq and, 217–218

  Khmer Rouge genocide and, 124–125

  lobbying Reagan administration, 160

  speech-a-day approach of, 80, 83–85, 165–166

  tribute to work of Lemkin, 168–169

  use of news stories by, 81–83

  Quakers, 346, 435

  Quinn, Kenneth, 95–97, 122, 130

  Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz), 20

  Rabin, Yitzhak, 278

  Racak massacre (Kosovo), 446

  Radio Mille Collines (Rwanda), 371–372, 380

  Rambouillet conference (1999), 447, 453

  Randal, Jonathan, 174, 186, 225

  Rankin, Haywood, 174, 181–185, 200–201, 230–231

  Rashid, Latif, 198, 230

  Rawson, Amb. David

  Arusha peace process and, 347, 381–382

  focus on fate of U.S. citizens, 351–352

  response to Rwandan massacres, 347–348

  Raznjatovic, Zeljko “Arkan,” 291, 453

  Reagan, Pres. Ronald

  Bitburg Cemetery and, 161–163

  chemical warfare, commitment to banning, 224–225

  genocide treaty, support for, 159–160

  Hussein, faith in diplomacy with, 220–224

  Iran-Iraq war and, 176

  Iraq, opposition to sanctions against, 203–206, 226–231

  Redman, Charles, 208, 210, 220

  Regrets of the Soul (Sarin), 98

  Render, Arlene, 345

  resignations

  dissent on Bosnia, 287, 301, 311–318

  Harris, Marshall, 313–314

  Kenney, George, 286

  Lake, Tony, 294

  Mazowiecki, Tadeusz (UN), 417

  U.S. State Dept., deterrents to, 312

  Walker, Steven, 314–315

  Western, Jon, 314

  Resool, Shorsh, 194, 244

  Rice, Susan, 359

  Riza, Iqbal, 344

  Robertson, George, 463

  Robinson, Randall, 375–376

  Rodriques, Judge Almiro, 479

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 74, 76

  Roosevelt, Pres. Franklin D., 28, 81

  Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore, xix, 11–12

  Rosenstock, Robert, 150, 152

  Rosenthal, A. M., 51–52, 168

  Rostenkowski, Rep. Dan, 227

  Roth, Kenneth, 194, 435

  Rubin, James, 469

 

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