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ICC Being (ab)used By âPeaceâ Group To Bash Britain Over Cluster Bombs
EFLBritish use of cluster bombs in the Iraq war could count as a war crime and justifies further investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor in the Hague, a group of international lawyers say. we should be using hugs and kisses against murderous thugs, you see, or possibly a âTeddy Bearâ bomb Seven academics from Britain, Ireland, France and Canada an impartial group if there ever was one interviewed eyewitnesses and examined evidence to see if there was a case for referring British conduct to the court, said the what? you want to see it? well, itâs there, trust me, just wait until trial "The U.S. cannot be tried before the court because it refuses to sign up to it. The UK did." gee, canât imagine why the u.s. told these a-holes to stuff it; of course, the ICC would never never never, ever be used as a political club Use of bunker-busting munitions had also killed civilians, Peacerights said. nothing about charging saddam with using industrial shredders on civilians tho, imagine that ICC officials were unavailable to comment, but Bowring said senior politicians, possibly including Prime Minister Tony Blair, could have something to worry about. aim high, it increase contributions and grabs headlines "Heads of state are not immune in principle," unless theyâre anti-western, anti-U.S. socialists the law professor said. "This one goes right to the top." U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said last month more than 1,000 civilians were killed or wounded by some 13,000 U.S. and British cluster bombs in the Iraq war last year. proof? anyone? anyone? beuller? Bowring said the report would be sent to both the British attorney general Lord Goldsmith and the ICC. yes, thereâs nothing else they should be doing, like rolling up islamofascists in the UK Experts were dubious the case would proceed. even al-reuters has to acknowledge this, but why run the story in the 1st place? The British military was also the subject of complaints to the ICC last July when Greek lawyers sent the court a dossier of human rights allegations in Iraq. you ouzo drinking swine better PRAY there arenât any casualties at the olympics The court has received hundreds of complaints from dozens of countries since it came into force in July 2002, not a one of them in any way a political attack, no no no but only one formal investigation has been launched, into reported crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-01-21 |
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