-Caveat Lector- >>>They talk about the ICC (effective July 2002) being something that U.S. soldiers are gonna have to worry about. The interesting thing about "globalisation" and "UNisation" of the world political theatre is that the American "globists" want to expand the role of the U.S. around the world (duh! Where have they been for the last 60 years or so?) and avoid isolationism. BUT: the implications of globist policies on the sovereignty of the U.S. are gonna drive the Americans right back home and in effect be a silent boycott of globist aspirations. This ICC can pick up Colin and Bill Jeff and Hank and ... and ... So much for wanting to be the life of the party, eh? The guy with the lampshade gets to go to the Vertical Bar Motel first, no? They scolded me about agreeing with Buchanan around the time of the AlQosovo swamp but when BJ gets to bear his burden, well, ... A<>E<>R<<<
>From http://www.dailystar.com.lb/16_04_02/art23.asp }}}>Begin Leftists accuse US envoy of war crimes Lawyers demand secretary of state’s arrest Nayla Assaf Daily Star staff US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit here Monday sparked more than just the wrath of an anti-Washington mob, with some parties demanding that he be prosecuted as a war criminal. Despite Powell’s moderate position toward the Middle East crisis and his description by many as a “dove” in comparison with Pentagon hawks, activists here have levelled far-reaching accusations against the US diplomat-in-chief. Two Lebanese lawyers sent State Prosecutor Adnan Addoum an official notification, urging him to strip the visiting Powell of his diplomatic immunity and requesting that he be either arrested or expelled for his alleged role in war crimes and in the Israeli offensive against Palestine. Similarly, Khat Mubashar (Direct Line), a local leftist student group, has issued a petition requesting that the US envoy be prosecuted in an international criminal court and listing many alleged crimes, including crimes committed during the Gulf War. The notification by lawyers Mohammed Adib and Nabil Halabi highlights Powell’s role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War, saying that the “crimes committed against civilians are a secret to no one,” and citing the killing of hundreds of women and children, war prisoners and the use of biological weapons there. The statement also blames him for US foreign policy, including “the constant US vetoing that blocks any (UN) decision to condemn Israeli crimes,” especially following the 1996 Qana massacre. “This is a first step; it might just be a symbolic one, but still,” said Halabi, who added that he was disappointed that the judicial authorities did not treat the notification as an urgent one. Addoum, who received the brief on Monday, described it later in the evening as “not serious from a legal point of view,” calling it a “political statement.” “We will look into the file and take the appropriate measures,” he said. Khat Mubashar went further in their indictment, going as far back as the Vietnam War, and claiming Powell had a hand in the 1968 My Lai massacre that claimed the lives of scores of Vietnamese civilians. According to Yasser Mounif of Khat Mubashar, the group hopes their initiative will gain momentum and transform their accusations from a symbolic step into an actual conviction. “In light of his visit, and all the misleading images it may carry, we thought that raising the issue now was appropriate,” he said. “But this doesn’t mean that the group is absolving other personalities of their crimes.” The statement denounced US policy in the region and blamed Powell for the burning alive of Iraqi soldiers during the Gulf War and using depleted uranium warheads, which it said had caused “the disability of 136,000 US soldiers.” It also claimed that Powell played a role in massacres and other crimes that have taken place in Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. 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