At least they don't have anything to fear from the ICC !
Despite 240 filed lawsuits, the ICC refuses to prosecute the U$ war criminals in the Iraq war -- using lame formalistic excuses that the level of aggression in that war does not meet the ICC criteria for indictment! <<The available information provided no reasonable indicia that Coalition forces had "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such", as required in the definition of genocide (Article 6). Similarly, the available information provided no reasonable indicia of the required elements for a crime against humanity, i.e. a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population (Article 7).>> <<The available information did not indicate intentional attacks on a civilian population.>> <<After analyzing all the available information, it was concluded that there was a reasonable basis to believe that crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court had been committed, namely wilful killing and inhuman treatment. The information available at this time supports a reasonable basis for an estimated 4 to 12 victims of wilful killing and a limited number of victims of inhuman treatment, totaling in all less than 20 persons.>> <<Several communications expressed concerns about the use of cluster munitions. The Rome Statute contains a list of weapons whose use is prohibited per se (Article 8(2)(b)(xvii)-(xx). Cluster munitions are not included in the list and therefore their use per se does not constitute a war crime under the Rome Statute.>> Read all 10 pages of legalese gobbledygook by ICC Chief "Prosecutor" Luis Moreno-Ocampo "explaining" why the ICC lets war criminals off the hook: http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/Irak/icc.pdf Another mind-boggling example of the historical complicity of jurists with their criminal predator peers. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
