A petition that the US be brought before the ICC (which the US has refused
to recognize)
http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/whatsnew/action/actionAlert.asp
"To: International Criminal Court: On March 21, 2003, the US, UK and other
forces launched a massive air strike against Iraq as part of the US
military plan, 'shock and awe.' In the first 48 hours of this attack some
3,000 precision-guided bombs were fired at or near Baghdad, a densely
populated city of 5.6 million... It is illegal too to launch indiscriminate
as well as disproportionate attacks and acts intended to spread terror
among the civilian population. The Rome Statute specifically prohibits
intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian
infrastructure. The so-called 'shock and awe' tactics described above
constitute a war crime in violation of the Rome Statute... I respectfully
request that you initiate an investigation into this situation under
Article 15 of the Rome Statute against all persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the Court. This should include investigation of all
officials involved, including all heads of States taking part in the war."
Swiss Foreign Ministry begins to document US war crimes in Iraq:
http://www.islam-online.net/english/News/2003-04/01/article06.shtml
"The US military last used ground-based cluster munitions in the 1991 Gulf
War. More than 4,000 Iraqi and Kuwaiti civilians were killed or wounded by
the duds after the war. During the war, 80 US casualties were reported from
the duds."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0402-07.htm
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