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U.S. to Pull Forces From 2 U.N. Missions | ||
2004-07-02 | ||
The U.S. military will pull tiny contingents out of two U.N. peacekeeping missions because Americans no longer are exempt from international prosecution for war crimes, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. A seven-person team will be removed from the U.N. mission to keep the peace between the African nations of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and two liaison officers will be taken out of the U.N. mission in Kosovo, spokesman Larry Di Rita told reporters at a new conference. "It was determined ... that the risk was not appropriate to our forces, and so they were withdrawn," Di Rita said. The head of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch questioned the Bush administration's rationale. "This sounds like an excuse to pull a few U.S. personnel out of U.N. peacekeeping missions, not because they are at any risk, but to make an ideological point," said Richard Dicker.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#16 Excellent choice Jackal. Even better then my own: Right dab in the middle of the largest mass grave in Iraq (with parking restricted to outside the mass grave...) (Or perhaps one of those burned-out villages in western Sudan....). |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-02 11:14:52 PM |
#15 Spot on, Jackal. I vote for Rwanda. Just think of how much the cash infusion would help that country. Of course, the UN would probably refuse to go there while the security situation is so dangerous - guess they could hang out in Geneva until it improved. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-02 8:36:45 PM |
#14 I would move the UN to the site of one of its great successes. Perhaps Rawanda? Or Sebrenica? How about Gaza? Something farther east, like the Korean DMZ? |
Posted by: Jackal 2004-07-02 4:43:03 PM |
#13 Really want to make Chirac's head explode? Move the UN to Ankara |
Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-07-02 2:44:20 PM |
#12 Paris is good, badanov. Let's keep the nominations going to get the most bang for our buck. I vote for Warsaw-Chirac would be livid. |
Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-02 2:11:24 PM |
#11 Excellent. Let this be the first snowflakes of the snowstorm. Next defund the UN. But first, move it to Paris. |
Posted by: badanov 2004-07-02 1:23:59 PM |
#10 Major Richard Head. |
Posted by: CujoQuarrel 2004-07-02 1:12:46 PM |
#9 Richard Dicker? High school musta been hell... I'm tired of this crap, I'm also rich are you? |
Posted by: Dick Trickle 2004-07-02 11:47:35 AM |
#8 PBMcL wrote: "Richard Dicker? High school musta been hell..." That's why he grew up and joined the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch. Oh the humanity... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2004-07-02 11:27:22 AM |
#7 PBMcL wrote: "Richard Dicker? High school musta been hell..." I once knew a guy named Richard Holder. Now that name must have been hell in HS. |
Posted by: Tibor 2004-07-02 10:49:51 AM |
#6 Cause: "Why hello there, Effect!" Effect: "Please ta make yer acquaintance." Larry DiRita? What, was Moe unavailable for comment? |
Posted by: BH 2004-07-02 10:29:29 AM |
#5 "This sounds like an excuse to pull a few U.S. personnel out of U.N. peacekeeping missions, not because they are at any risk, but to make an ideological point," said Richard Dicker. Well at least you ain't stupid, Dick Dickhead. |
Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-02 9:01:50 AM |
#4 Yeap pull the troops out of Kosovo,we've done our part.It is Euorpe's turn to do what needs to be done.After all the Balkins are part of Euorpe. |
Posted by: Raptor 2004-07-02 8:17:48 AM |
#3 Richard Dicker? High school musta been hell... |
Posted by: PBMcL 2004-07-02 1:55:52 AM |
#2 Next defund the UN. Actually, before that happens, I'd like to see the U.S. contingent in Kosovo pulled out next, regardless of any separate agreement regarding immunity from ICC prosecution, just to make sure the message is nice and clear. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-02 1:46:37 AM |
#1 Excellent. Let this be the first snowflakes of the snowstorm. Next defund the UN. |
Posted by: ed 2004-07-02 1:42:30 AM |