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veekUS chides Belgium over rights law.
Families of those who died in the US attack on the Amiriyah air raid shelter in Baghdad, which took place in the 1991 Gulf War, are to file a case against the former president under a law enabling Belgian courts to hear human rights cases.
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"We have cautioned our Belgian colleagues that they need to be very careful about this kind of effort, this kind of legislation, because it makes it hard for us to go places that put you at such easy risk," said US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Am I reading correctly? Is the US administration threatening another country for the laws it passes? Caution should be exercised, I think we all agree on this. Where we disagree is who ought to exercise it.
I would love it if past and/or present US leaders were persecuted for crimes against humanity. Ours aren't quite as overt as others we've seen, but are no less real, and for their hiding are more dangerous.
Families of those who died in the US attack on the Amiriyah air raid shelter in Baghdad, which took place in the 1991 Gulf War, are to file a case against the former president under a law enabling Belgian courts to hear human rights cases.
[...]
"We have cautioned our Belgian colleagues that they need to be very careful about this kind of effort, this kind of legislation, because it makes it hard for us to go places that put you at such easy risk," said US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Am I reading correctly? Is the US administration threatening another country for the laws it passes? Caution should be exercised, I think we all agree on this. Where we disagree is who ought to exercise it.
I would love it if past and/or present US leaders were persecuted for crimes against humanity. Ours aren't quite as overt as others we've seen, but are no less real, and for their hiding are more dangerous.
