NOT ACCOUNTABLE!
ATROCITIES IN IRAQ AND OUR WITHDRAWAL FROM
THE WORLD COURT
TvNewsLies - May, 2004
George W. Bush, upon taking office in 2001, immediately began a
systematic withdrawal from major international treaties to which the US
was a signatory. As part of that policy, on May 7th, 2002 Donald
Rumsfeld informed the Secretary General of the UN that the US was
officially withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Months before, the US had already established that the court would grant
the United States immunity from the court for US citizens suspected of
atrocities. Under guidelines pushed through despite EU concerns, US
soldiers serving overseas would be immune from prosecution in the court,
while politicians and US officials, including CIA operatives, could
claim diplomatic immunity.
That was not enough. Rumsfeld made it very clear that the United States
would reject any attempt by the court or state parties to the treaty to
assert any jurisdiction over American citizens. In short, Americans were
accountable to no one for any atrocities they might commit anywhere in
the world....
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