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Post by rebelliousscot on Feb 1, 2010 5:45:23 GMT -5
Read rest hereI hope so hope that this case is won. The use of Depleated Uranium should be considered a war crime with land mines.
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Post by Amaranth on Feb 1, 2010 8:49:39 GMT -5
Like the US will give a shit, though.
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Post by Whore of Spamylon on Feb 1, 2010 9:12:57 GMT -5
Like the US will give a shit, though. Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Either way, the ammunition shouldn't be defined as a conventional weapon. Also, I would like to thank the OP for getting that song from Anti-Flag stuck in my head. |
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Post by rebelliousscot on Feb 1, 2010 9:31:14 GMT -5
Like the US will give a shit, though. Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Either way, the ammunition shouldn't be defined as a conventional weapon. Also, I would like to thank the OP for getting that song from Anti-Flag stuck in my head. Love Anti-Flag, that was song where I found out about this, and man it opened my eyes, and love how they helped fund the charity against it. |
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Post by Amaranth on Feb 1, 2010 9:34:42 GMT -5
Like the US will give a shit, though. Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Either way, the ammunition shouldn't be defined as a conventional weapon. Also, I would like to thank the OP for getting that song from Anti-Flag stuck in my head. We'll thumb our noses at international law. Again. We torture people for fun. We poisoned people with DU and then we used it as proof of the suffering Saddam caused. We drop bunker busters of cafes, bringing overkill to a whole new level. |
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Post by ironbite on Feb 1, 2010 16:08:53 GMT -5
Wouldn't depleated uranium also posion those nice oil supplies we were after?
Ironbite-just a thought
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Post by ltfred on Feb 1, 2010 18:29:19 GMT -5
Like the US will give a shit, though. Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Presuming that the Iraqis are going to the International Court of Justice, the US might actually be legally obliged to veto any judgement in favour of Iraq. Per a law Bush passed declaring that the US would go so far as to invade the Hague if a single American was ever found guilty of any war crime. |
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Post by ironbite on Feb 1, 2010 19:00:06 GMT -5
ALRIGHT WE GET IT YOU HATE AMERICA!
Ironbite-jesus christ.
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Post by discoberry on Feb 1, 2010 23:54:25 GMT -5
Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Presuming that the Iraqis are going to the International Court of Justice, the US might actually be legally obliged to veto any judgement in favour of Iraq. Per a law Bush passed declaring that the US would go so far as to invade the Hague if a single American was ever found guilty of any war crime. The prison is on the water and we Americans do love our water born assults, Manilla, Normandy, Inchon, and coming soon the Hague. |
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Feb 2, 2010 0:51:37 GMT -5
Eh, we'll just tell them where to stick it, like we usually do.
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Post by Paradox on Feb 2, 2010 1:15:04 GMT -5
Yeah, they will probably settle (if that is an option in international law). Presuming that the Iraqis are going to the International Court of Justice, the US might actually be legally obliged to veto any judgement in favour of Iraq. Per a law Bush passed declaring that the US would go so far as to invade the Hague if a single American was ever found guilty of any war crime. Wait, what? Can I have a cite on that? It's not that I don't believe you, its just that I don't quite believe you. |
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Post by ltfred on Feb 2, 2010 1:53:51 GMT -5
Presuming that the Iraqis are going to the International Court of Justice, the US might actually be legally obliged to veto any judgement in favour of Iraq. Per a law Bush passed declaring that the US would go so far as to invade the Hague if a single American was ever found guilty of any war crime. Wait, what? Can I have a cite on that? It's not that I don't believe you, its just that I don't quite believe you. Introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms, the Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002, authorises the president to use any means necessary to prevent US soldiers being held by the ICJ. The idea is to "protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party" like, say, the ICJ. The US president (Clinton) has signed the Rome Treaty, but the US congress has to ratify it for it to be law. According to wiki, the law has been ammended so that the US can collaborate with the trial of US official enemies at the court. Just not Americans. Can't be bothered to find a proper cite for that, though. www.democracynow.org/2002/8/6/hague_invasion_act_bush_signs_awww.hrw.org/en/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-lawwww.guardian.co.uk/film/2002/jul/08/usa.tomclancyAnd, more modern context and comment: www.alternet.org/rights/127080/time_to_dump_that_bush-era_law_permitting_an_invasion_of_holland_to_%22rescue%22_u.s._soldiers/ |
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Post by malicious_bloke on Feb 2, 2010 6:36:25 GMT -5
er, i didnt think depleted uranium was still in use. It was definitely used in the first gulf war though
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Post by ltfred on Feb 2, 2010 6:51:29 GMT -5
er, i didnt think depleted uranium was still in use. It was definitely used in the first gulf war though Kosovo, too (from memory). The story claims that the invaders used DU during the initial invasion, against armoured divisions and the like, rather than against random dudes with AKs in the insurgency. |
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Post by Amaranth on Feb 2, 2010 9:08:14 GMT -5
Presuming that the Iraqis are going to the International Court of Justice, the US might actually be legally obliged to veto any judgement in favour of Iraq. Per a law Bush passed declaring that the US would go so far as to invade the Hague if a single American was ever found guilty of any war crime. Or, and I'm thinking outside the box here, we could just go the usual route, tell them to piss off, and not participate, period. Come to think of it, that's not really thinking outside the box. |
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