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The Chamber further found that Bemba knew that MLC forces were committing these crimes. Although he was not physically at the location of the atrocities, he was the leader of his forces and had ultimate authority over all military operations. Bemba was constantly informed via military and civilian intelligence services with “information on the combat situation, troop positions, politics, and allegations of crimes.” Additionally, the Chamber found that Bemba failed to take necessary and reasonable measures to prevent or repress the commission of the crimes, or to submit the matter to competent authorities for investigation and prosecution. Instead, Bemba merely warned his troops not to mistreat civilians, created two investigative commissions, and had seven low ranking soldiers tried on trivial pillaging charges. He also set upthe Sibut Mission, which was supposed to be an investigation of the alleged crimes, but did not fulfill that purpose. Bemba could have withdrawn troops from CAR at any time, but did not do so until March 2003. Lastly, the Chamber found that the crimes were committed as a result of the Bemba’s failure to “exercise control properly” over the MLC forces, including remedying deficiencies in training and taking necessary and reasonable measures to prevent the commission of crimes, and submit the matter to competent authorities. As President and Commander-in-Chief, Assad could similarly be found individually liable for war crimes and crimes against…

of the Doctrines of Mani, and the Traité Pelliot. These are significant because they are some of the only written documents we have of the Manicheans so they are important to historians in researching the Manichean people. They are also important because they were recovered by major explorers in the 1900s. Now they sit in important museums all over the world. The three Manichean texts from…

Space is a vibrating field of light, creating the most subtle of sounds...So subtle that once heard, a rabbit hole swallows us whole and we dive into an existence of sound, echoing from the vibrations of celestial light. (#If this is difficult to picture, imagine a world of auditory in place of visual stimuli. Then imagine, synethesia as a manner of perceiving reality, without the senses.) It is this subtle sound generated in a luminous field, which is the seed of all other sound. Over…