posted by SPreston
The World Court has repeatedly described the attack on Iraq as a war of naked aggression haven't they?
posted by pinch
The World Court?
Why are you so dead set against April Gallop and her little boy and eventually many others receiving justice and financial aid from the treacherous perpetrators of 9-11? Should all veterans and victims of war policy be denied treatment and compensation in your learned opinion?
Yes pinch [snip]. The International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Hague, where they try War Criminals such as Slobodan Milošević, Charles G. Taylor, and Radovan Karadzic. Known terrorists Ariel Sharon and Menachem Begin and Itzhak Shamir dared not go anywhere near the ICC because they were charged as war criminals. Saddam Hussein should have been tried in the World Court instead of a US kangeroo court. But the Bush Regime would have been unable to contain the real evidence and resulting damage to US 'National Security', so the World Court was not an option.
The World Court is immune from US laws preventing prosecuting and hanging former US pResidents and Vice pResidents guilty of Treason and War Crimes and illegal Wars of Naked Aggression. At the Nuremberg Tribunals, many Nazis were tried and hung for war crimes and waging a war of naked aggression against neighboring nations. Why should the US war machine be immune from the same world justice system?
On July 1, 2002, the International Criminal Court, a treaty-based court located in The Hague, came into being for the prosecution of war crimes committed on or after that date. However, several nations, most notably the United States, China, and Israel, have criticized the court and refuse to participate in it or to permit the court to have jurisdiction over their citizens. Note, however, that a citizen of one of the 'objector nations' could still find himself before the Court if he were accused of committing war crimes in a country that was a state party, regardless of the fact that their country of origin was not a signatory.
War crimes are defined in the statute that established the International Criminal Court, which includes:
Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, such as:
Willful killing, or causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health
Torture or inhumane treatment
Unlawful wanton destruction or appropriation of property
Forcing a prisoner of war to serve in the forces of a hostile power
Depriving a prisoner of war of a fair trial
Unlawful deportation, confinement or transfer
Taking hostages
The following acts as part of an international conflict:
Directing attacks against civilians
Directing attacks against humanitarian workers or UN peacekeepers
Killing a surrendered combatant
Misusing a flag of truce
Settlement of occupied territory
Deportation of inhabitants of occupied territory
Using poison weapons
Using civilians as shields
Using child soldiers
The following acts as part of a non-international conflict:
Murder, cruel or degrading treatment and torture
Directing attacks against civilians, humanitarian workers or UN peacekeepers
Taking hostages
Summary execution
Pillage
Rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution or forced pregnancy
However the court only has jurisdiction over these crimes where they are "part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes"
As you can see pinch, there are a lot of tools of the US war machine on this list, which they would wish to retain in their mission of spreading the NeoCON version of 'peace' and 'freedom' across the world. That is why the US and the Israelis and the Chinese refused to join the International Criminal Court. How could they have any fun?
[edit on 12/22/08 by SPreston]
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[edit on 2-1-2009 by 12m8keall2c]


