U.S. Breaks Its Just Signed Agreement With The Taliban
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Source: Rachel Blevins
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT APPROVES FIRST EVER WAR CRIMES
INVESTIGATION OF US FORCES, CIA
By Rachel Blevins | March 5, 2020
The US is promising retaliation after top judges at the International Criminal Court gave the approval to move forward with the first ever war crimes investigation into the conduct of the US military and the CIA in Afghanistan.
International Criminal Court Approves First Ever War Crimes
Investigation Of US Forces, CIA
The US is now firing back, after top judges at the International Criminal Court gave the green-light to move forward with a war crimes investigation into US conduct in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US does not recognize the ICC’s authority over American citizens, and has no plans to cooperate.
"This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body," Pompeo said. "It's all the more reckless for this ruling to come just days after the United States signed a historic peace deal on Afghanistan, which is the best chance for peace in a generation."Pompeo's comments follow a decision from ICC appeals judges earlier Thursday, which confirmed that the investigation will target all sides in the conflict, including the US Military and the CIA.
"The Appeals Chamber considers it appropriate to amend the appealed decision to the effect that the prosecutor is authorized to commence an investigation in relation to alleged crimes committed on the territory of Afghanistan in the period since 1st May, 2003, as well as other alleged crimes that have a nexus to the armed conflict in Afghanistan."
The US invaded Afghanistan less than one month after 9/11 with the promise of defeating the Taliban. And while the Taliban is now stronger than it has been at any point since the war began, members of the ICC have attempted to call attention to the atrocities people in the country have faced throughout the war with an investigation that looks at all sides in the conflict.
Back in 2017, the Office of the Prosecutor claimed it had evidences proving that from 2003 to 2004, members of the US armed forces and members of the CIA "committed acts of torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, rape and sexual violence against conflict-related detainees."
Last year, the ICC tried to move forward with an investigation. But the Trump Administration responded by revoking the visa of the ICC's chief prosecutor after repeated threats from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, claiming Washington would do anything possible to stop the court from investigating the US.
And the threats appeared to work briefly, as judges from the ICC ruled last April that there was no point in moving forward with an investigation if they couldn’t guarantee there would be cooperation. However, that decision has now been overruled.
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Source: Tass
Maduro says US is hatching plans for war against Venezuela
The US authorities have decided to make a plan to bring war and terrorism to Venezuela, Venezuela’s President said
March 7, 2010
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ©EPA-EFE/Rayner Pena
CARACAS, March 7. /TASS/. The United States is hatching a plan for war against Venezuela, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said at a meeting with governors and mayors in Caracas on Friday.
"They (the US authorities - TASS) have decided to make a plan to bring war and terrorism to Venezuela, to destabilize it, to fill it with violence, to trigger an armed conflict and to excuse military intervention in our country," Maduro said at the meeting telecast on government-run TV.
Maduro said that the United States had chosen Brazil as its supporter in this scheme.
"We are asking the democratic and humanitarian circles, the people of Brazil and the armed forces [of that country] to stop any adventures against Venezuela by [US President] Donald Trump-backed [Brazilian President] Jair Bolsonaro," Maduro said.
Tensions in Venezuela surged up after the opposition's leader Juan Guaido, whose appointment as the speaker of parliament had been annulled by the Supreme Court, on January 23, 2019 proclaimed himself as acting president. He was promptly recognized as acting head of state by the United States.
The Lima group of countries (except Mexico), the Organization of American States and most EU countries followed suit. Maduro slammed this as a government coup attempt and severed diplomatic relations with the US. Russia, Belarus, Iran, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Syria and Turkey came out in his support.
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#UPDATE International war crimes judges have ruled that a probe into wartime abuses in Afghanistan must go ahead, including looking into possible atrocities committed by US forces, as they overturned a previous court ruling https://t.co/Anfhd1G9Uy— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 5, 2020
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