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| ICC Being (ab)used By ’Peace’ Group To Bash Britain Over Cluster Bombs |
| 2004-01-21 |
| EFL British 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 ’Teddy Bear’ 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, it’s 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, can’t 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 they’re 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, there’s 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 aren’t 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 |
| #20 Oh-oh! Look out! "The academics" are coming! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-21 9:08:09 PM |
| #19 Stop it. I can't work when I'm laughing this hard. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-1-21 4:43:29 PM |
| #18 RC have you heard anything about the secret baby seal teams? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-21 3:57:37 PM |
| #17 I couldn't be paid to go tp the Greek Olympics. I am betting that they will be some unexpected fireworks there. The greek government thinks that they are out of bounds because of their stand agaimst the US, think again. |
| Posted by: Capt Joe 2004-1-21 3:47:54 PM |
| #16 LMAO, coffee/beverage alert! |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-1-21 3:40:14 PM |
| #15 They don't protest for long, and that's the beauty of the system: You toss a dolphin into the field, then the Greenpeacers run through the field to rescue the dolphin. If you're careful, you can use the dolphin multiple times, and even return it to the wild when you're done. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-21 3:02:31 PM |
| #14 RC, does Green Peace ever protest when a tuna accidently gets tossed in the field and flops about before discovering a mine? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-21 2:38:43 PM |
| #13 No, we're using dolphins to clear land mines. It's not very efficient, but damn, it's funny. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-1-21 2:27:43 PM |
| #12 ... they can DNA test the paper towels we through away for residual duck genetic material. I thought we were making the baby ducks clear land mines, did I miss a memo? |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-21 2:16:27 PM |
| #11 Opps, I meant "throw" not "through." |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-21 1:22:27 PM |
| #10 4thInfVet, they can DNA test the paper towels we through away for residual duck genetic material. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-21 1:18:25 PM |
| #9 Leftists seem to think that military pilots wake up in the morning, take chow, jump into their fighter jets just loaded with heavy ordnance, take off and bomb anything that moves. Because of this abject ignorance, they are imbued with this rage over how callous and inhumane military pilots are. Sooo, I will repeat in this post: NATO pilots, and their air staffs are extremely careful about the rules of war and the targets that are chosen; their air staff make damn certain the location is right and the target is right before their pilots even go wheels up. Heck, even the US has damn military lawyers vetting many if not all targets struck. Now, strictly speaking for myself alone and not for the rather more professional military people running things, I still like my 24 bomber 48 nuclear cruise missile solution to Islamic terrorists, but that is just me. So, the moron who posted this communistic crap needs to drop to his/her knees and praise Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that guys like me do not run things. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-1-21 1:17:15 PM |
| #8 A MOAB could be an effective alternative. We have to make sure we're deliberately using it on women, children, old people, and puppies tho. Otherwise the Peace Organizations will have to fabricate things. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-21 12:59:35 PM |
| #7 They ought to be looking into the illegal use of machetes in Rwanda. Those machetes aren't being wielded by Westerners, and as such, aren't worthy of attention or investigation by idiotari....ahem, "international lawyers". |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-21 12:29:00 PM |
| #6 ....disproportionate use of force.... Another relative term... In my view, turning Baghdad and Tikrit in to glass parking lots might have been construed as 'disproportionate use of force'. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-21 12:22:50 PM |
| #5 "There is a considerable amount of evidence of disproportionate use of force causing civilian casualties," I'll say. Bodies are being unearthed in Iraq every day, and there's more mass graves that have yet to be found and.......... say what? This isn't what they're talking about? Oh okay then, never mind. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-21 12:20:37 PM |
| #4 A MOAB could be an effective alternative. No fuss and no mess. It would be like putting your oven in clean mode - just kind of wipe the residue away with a paper towel. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-21 12:01:44 PM |
| #3 There is no money or publicity in machetes. Just a cultural thing. Move along. |
| Posted by: john 2004-1-21 11:52:08 AM |
| #2 JM - well said. |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-21 11:18:03 AM |
| #1 What is wrong with these idiotarians? They ought to be looking into the illegal use of machetes in Rawanda. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-1-21 11:09:57 AM |