-Caveat Lector- http://www.expatica.com/belgium.asp?pad=88,89,&item_id=29763 US warns Belgium over 'genocide law'
19 March 2003 BRUSSELS — The United States has warned Belgium about the effects of its so-called genocide legislation that allows suits against foreign leaders on what Washington considers to be politically motivated charges. Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters in Washington that if such prosecutions proliferated, it could be difficult for senior officials to visit Belgium, home of the Nato headquarters. On Tuesday the families of victims of a US attack on a shelter in Baghdad in 1991 during the first Gulf War announced they planned to file a complaint in Belgium against Powell, former President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former US commander General Norman Schwarzkopf. The complaint would be under Belgium's genocide law, which enables courts to hear human rights cases, wherever the crimes were committed in the world. Colin Powell was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff under Bush, father of the current president, when the US went to war against Iraq in 1991. US pilots on 12 February 1991 attacked an air raid shelter in Baghdad, killing more than 400 people, most of them women and children. The most prominent case so far under the disputed Belgian law was a complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel for his alleged role in the massacre in 1982 of Palestinian refugees in Beirut. That case, temporarily suspended while Sharon has immunity from prosecution as prime minister, has severely strained relations between Belgium and Israel. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutra <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
