Applicable law for the US role and responsibilities in Iraq is laid out in the Fourth Geneva Convention. This Convention does not discuss the legality of the initial invasion, but focuses on the duties of an occupying power once the occupation has taken place. You can find the Convention easily; officially, it is on the UN site.
Cheers, Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen > Straker > Sent: Thu, May 29, 2003 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] More American troops to Iraq > > > > The basic services are still not operating in Baghdad ... > > Meanwhile Bechtel and Halliburton are doing a grand job in > > the oilfield areas of Iraq. No problems there... > > I don't think America is really very > > interested so long as the oil starts to flow. > > From today's NYT: > > ALLIED TO RETAIN LARGER IRAQ FORCE AS STRIFE PERSISTS > > Makes one wonder if there is an international law equivalent > to criminal negligence. US behavior here is contemptible. > What does Blair say? Does the UK have any influence on these > matters? > > For an excellently succinct comment on these "post-war" > matters check out Mark Fiore's clever cartoon ---> > http://www.markfiore.com/animation/planner.html > > And while you're at it ---> > http://www.markfiore.com/animation/looting.html > > > best wishes, > > Stephen Straker > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vancouver, B.C. > [Outgoing mail scanned by Norton AntiVirus] > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
