** ** http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/06/11/arrest-obama-when-he-visits** ** 'Arrest Obama when he visits'****
KATHARINE CHILD | 11 June, 2013 00:36**** **** US President Barack Obama. File photo *Image by:* KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS**** The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg wants US President Barack Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa on June 29.**** ** ** It submitted a 600-plus page document to the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday asking for an investigation into Obama's involvement in the Middle East.**** Group spokesman Yousha Tayob said Obama ordered drone strikes that killed innocent civilians.**** In terms of the Rome Statute, South Africa has the right to prosecute a war criminal on its territory, said Tayob.**** Researchers from New York University School of Law and Stanford University Law School recently released a report entitled "Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan".**** They found that in four years Obama commissioned five times more drone attacks than former president George W Bush did in his two terms in the White House .**** The report estimates drones have killed between 474 and 881 civilians, including 176 children.**** The US Embassy in South Africa's spokesman Jack Hillmeyer said it had "no comment".**** National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Bulelwa Makeke said the office had received the docket and was studying it.**** ** ** __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
