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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:38 PM Original message |
Why can't Iraq put US Troops on Trial? |
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Scoody Boo (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. No SOFA Agreement with Iraq. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So US Troops can only be investigated by |
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Scoody Boo (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That is true. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "sure Marines will get to the bottom of it & proper punishment dealt" |
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Scoody Boo (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If this was a company of Marines who did this... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You'd be right if this thing "just happened this once" but I'm thinking... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. US troops are exempt from war crime trials. Bush did that several yrs ago. |
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Scoody Boo (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. SOFA Agreements have been around since the Korean War... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If the ICC's authority was ratified by the US, it would be Constitutional |
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Scoody Boo (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In which case... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I was more neutral with respect to the ICC |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Even contractors are exempt from law enforcement and lawsuits. The Shrub |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Paul Bremer exempted US troops and contractors from |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The question remains. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Officially, Iraq is a sovereign country, but practically, it's an occupied |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because they are an occupied country and we are a fascist country. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Iraqis might want to prosecute the guys who sent the butchers. |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Same reason they can't put Bush and Blair on trial |
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dave502d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think anyone would like to see that. n/t |
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