Annan accuses US forces, Iraqi authorities of violating international law

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/March/focusoniraq_March23.xml§ion=focusoniraq&col=

UNITED NATIONS - US-led coalition forces and Iraq’s authorities may be violating international law by arbitrarily detaining thousands of people, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report.

Tuesday’s report, which studied the situation in Iraq over the last three months, said Iraq’s prison system remains a major concern and lamented that an investigation into allegations of torture in Iraqi Interior Ministry jails had not yet been made public as promised. snip


Annan also demanded that Iraqi and coalition forces release the results of an investigation into allegations of torture at an Interior Ministry detention center in Baghdad’s Jadiriyah district. He said the results were supposed to have been published at the end of November.

The results of a separate inquiry into detention conditions in Iraq have also not been published, he said.

The US Mission to the United Nations refused comment on the report.

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1. He really should call for Bushes arrest...

and trial before an international tribunal.
The man is a war criminal. Nuff said.

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2. he cannot do that : the security council has to do it

and even if the UK, FRance, China and Russia agreed (which is not likely) the US would veto it. The only way Bush et al can be sent to the Hague is by US citizens in a democratic internal process. Like Milosevic was sent. It's the only real legitimacy.

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3. If Annan doesn't have nukes.... then he is irrevelant... next. n/t