Exemption?? Go figure!
Here is yahoo's front page news link; and if you scroll further, there are more stories associated with this one:
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=united_nations :
UN Council Approves U.S. Exemption for ICC (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved another one-year exemption for American peacekeepers from prosecution by the new international war crimes tribunal. France, Germany and Syria abstained, apparently ignoring a U.S. appeal not to further strain the bitter trans-Atlantic division over the war against Iraq. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke out strongly against any attempt to try to make the exemption permanent — which the United States initially sought. More...
Also: Annan Warns Against "Annual" ICC Immunity to U.S. Troops (AFP)
- Q&A: International Criminal Court (ICC)
- U.S. Policy and the ICC - Fact Sheet (State Dept.)
- ICC Myths and Facts (Human Rights Watch) | Message board
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