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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 15:16:17 -0500
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Fwd: U.S. authorizes invasion of Netherlands



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Subject: U.S. authorizes invasion of Netherlands
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 14:53:10 -0500
From: Gary Ashwill <gna-AT-duke.edu>
Reply-To: lbo-talk-AT-lists.panix.com
To: <lbo-talk-AT-lists.panix.com>

>From Al-Ahram

http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/558/4war1.htm

(snip) 

Meanwhile, the US State Department -- taking advantage of the
frenzy and confusion that followed the terrorist acts -- endorsed the
American Service-members Protection Act (ASPA) on November 5. The
legislation authorises the US to use force to "liberate" any US or
allied
persons detained on behalf of the proposed International Criminal Court
(ICC), which will be based in The Hague, Netherlands. It also prohibits
US
military assistance to those states that ratify the ICC treaty except
for
NATO members and some major non-NATO allies.

The New York based Human Rights Watch described the new law as an
attempt to
undermine the establishment of a permanent war crimes court. "The United
States is forging a global coalition against terrorism, and the State
Department has just endorsed a bill that authorises an invasion of the
Netherlands," said Richard Dicker, director of the International Justice
Programme at HRW. "This makes no sense. It hardly seems like a good
moment
for the US to be threatening sanctions against dozens of countries
simply
because they want to bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes against
humanity."

   

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