Re: [microsound] Re: OT[microsound ] war -- US War Crimes

["tobias c. van Veen" <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, the US is the only country to have been tried and convicted by the
World Court (ICJ) for crimes against the sovereign state of Nicaragua.

The US' response was to withdraw recognition of the World Court and to
ignore the UN.

"The fact was underscored by the World Court in June 1986 as it condemned
the United States for its "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua and
called upon it to desist from these crimes. Congress responded by voting
$100 million of aid and freeing the CIA to direct the attack and to use its
own funds on an unknown scale. The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council
resolution calling on all states to observe international law and voted
against a General Assembly resolution to the same effect, joined by Israel
and El Salvador. On Nov. 12, 1987, the General Assembly again called for
"full and immediate compliance" with the World Court decision. This time
only Israel joined with the U.S. in opposing adherence to international law,
another blow to the Central American accords, unreported by the national
press as usual."

-Noam Chomsky

See "Is Peace At Hand?", Z Magazine Articles
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm

> Isn't admitting that you are trying to assassinate the leader of another
> country for political reasons against the Geneva Convention, as well as a
> crime in the United States? bush did this when he launched his "decapitation
> attack" the first day of the military action....... i would love it if the
> US government was tried with war crimes in the Hague! it would be a
> wonderful site to see bush in shackles! sitting in the same seat as Klaus
> Barbie and Himmler
> 
> 
>>>> Iraqi TV just broke the rules of the Geneva convention, they lined up
> dead
>>>> American soldiers
>>>> and posed all their faces for TV, now that's desperate and savage.
>>>> 
>> last time I checked, invading a sovereign nation without the backing of
> the
>> international community was a violation of the geneva convention too.
>> 
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