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henry
2/2/2012 2:04 PM
The International Criminal Court opened its doors on July 1, 2002, ready to receive complaints about gross abuses of human rights anywhere in the world.
Created by the Rome Treaty of 1998 and over objections from the United States, the global court has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed after July 1, 2002. The court, which is based in The Hague, is authorized to try only individuals, not nations or armies. The 1998 Rome treaty establishing the International Criminal Court removed head-of-state immunity for atrocity crimes.
The court is independent of the United Nations and was established as a permanent institution. It is intended to replace ad-hoc tribunals, like the one that dealt with Nazi crimes in Nuremberg or the United Nations courts that have dealt with Rwanda and Yugoslavia.
"War is a Racket" by USMC Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (first person to get the Medal of Honor TWICE): http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.html
Marine faces 3 months in brig for Iraqi deaths | ajc.com
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CAMP PENDLETON, California — Military prosecutors worked for more than six years to bring Marine Staff Sgt.
The lone Marine convicted in his squad's killing of two dozen unarmed civilians in one of the Iraq War's defining moments escaped jail time Tuesday after defending his order to raid homes in Haditha as a necessary act "to keep the rest of my Marines alive."
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich arrives for a court-martial session at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Wuterich, accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005, pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, reaching a plea deal and ending the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq War. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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