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Subject: [APFN] Re: Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:10:55 -0800 (GMT-08:00) From: Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] § 2441. War crimes (a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death. (b) Circumstances.— The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act). (c) Definition.— As used in this section the term “war crime” means any conduct (1) defined as a grave breach in any of the international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party; (2) prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907; (3) which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the international conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party and which deals with non-international armed conflict; or (4) of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians. Ten years ago, Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced The War Crimes Act of 1996. This statute was one of many in the mid-1990s devoted to the principle of extraterritoriality: the extension of U.S. laws to other countries. When applied, such laws subject foreign nationals to prosecution if they treat a U.S. citizen or U.S. property in a way that violates U.S. laws. Behind the spate of extraterritorial laws was congressional frustration that the “world's only remaining superpower” could not extend its writ around the globe. Mayhem ranging from genocides and acts of terror to massacres and sheer brutality against prisoners and non-combatants regularly occurred in the era's many civil wars—with the perpetrators often escaping accountability for their actions. Back in 1996, few anticipated that The War Crimes Act, which entered law as 18 USC Sec. 2441 , would have the potential to boomerang and hit the United States itself. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3402 -----Original Message----- From: APFN Sent: Nov 30, 2008 10:41 AM To: APFN GOOGLE GROUP , APFN Yahoogroups , LEAK-GATE Subject: [APFN] Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=121898; APFN - You Cannot Pardon a Crime You Authorized http://tinyurl.com/6za3ao Mother and Son Iraq War 
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