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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsICC investigating war crimes in Iraq.
AMSTERDAM The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has reopened a preliminary investigation into allegations that British soldiers may have committed war crimes by systematically abusing prisoners in Iraq from 2003 to 2008.
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Tuesday she would review new information she received in January alleging that British officials bear responsibility for wrongdoing. An earlier investigation was closed in 2006.
Iraq is not a member of the court but Britain is and British nationals could be prosecuted for crimes committed in Iraq.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/intl-war-crimes-prosecutor-reopens-iraq-inquiry/2014/05/13/0c8d1740-dab3-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html
Why, why you say, is this investigation limited to the UK?
"The United States and Israel refuse to ratify, acknowledge or adhere to ICC."
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ICC investigating war crimes in Iraq. (Original Post)
Warren Stupidity
May 2014
OP
"The United States and Israel refuse to ratify, acknowledge or adhere to ICC."
dixiegrrrrl
May 2014
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)1. YES.
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)2. As They Should, Sir
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. "The United States and Israel refuse to ratify, acknowledge or adhere to ICC."
Seems logical to me.
One doesn't really expect Al capone to have supported tougher police enforcement laws.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. They would have to change their ways too. n/t
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)5. Well Al was fine with tough law enforcement in Cicero.
We act similarly with NATO.