International Criminal Court to Begin Investigating US War Crimes

US Department of Defense

The International Criminal Court will begin investigating the United States for war crimes for the first time ever.

According to The Hill:

Appeals judges on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday approved a request to investigate alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military forces, CIA personnel, the Taliban and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.

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The move overturns a lower court decision and allows prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to launch a probe into alleged war crimes by U.S. forces for the first time, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. government has long refused to cooperate with the court.

“The Appeals Chamber considers it appropriate to amend the appealed decision to the effect that the prosecutor is authorized to commence an investigation into alleged crimes committed on the territory of Afghanistan since May 1, 2003, as well as other alleged crimes that have a nexus to the armed conflict in Afghanistan,” presiding Judge Piotr Hofmanski said, ruling that the court’s chief prosecutor had found appropriate grounds to probe alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Judges who heard pretrial arguments reportedly rejected Bensouda’s request to open an investigation in April. The judges based their decision at the time on the belief that a lack of cooperation would inhibit the probe from concluding with convictions.

What remains unclear is if anyone who comes under investigation will cooperate with the court that holds no true jurisdiction.

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Ken Thomas
Ken Thomas
4 years ago

They can take that kangaroo court and put it where the sun don’t shine

Richard Bergman
Richard Bergman
4 years ago
Reply to  Ken Thomas

I’ll 2nd that!

Micheal
Micheal
4 years ago

If we don’t once and for all, kick the UN and all of it’s phony courts out of the US and pull ALL funding from them, we are going end up with those blue helmeted morons trying to take over our country!!

rattler
rattler
4 years ago

Same court that thinks Iran is a benevolent welfare state? US is probably funding the court. Democrats must be pounding their chests proudly.

Barbara
Barbara
4 years ago

They should investigate Kissinger. There is a list of countries that would like to extradite him.

M. S. "Steve" Molk
M. S. "Steve" Molk
4 years ago

And just how many lying stinking mioslems(sic) will be ong the investagatiog?

Remember this kids. The millitary has but 2 functions. Killing people and breaking things. War itself is a crime. Once you get into one all bets are off. The only thing that counts is winning.

David MacKAY
David MacKAY
4 years ago

They wont investigate Kim Jung UN of North Korea, They won’t investigate ABBAS of the PLO. They wont investigate Maduro of Venezuela, They wont investigate Iran’s Ayatollah’s, They wouldn’t investigate Cuba’s Castro nor his brother Raoul Castro.
The International Criminal Court has by it’s inaction and action thrown International Justice into Disrepute.

jim
jim
4 years ago

This is nothing more than a scam. It is a way to extract funds from the USA. We need to ‘dry up’ our contributions to every Pol Pot regime around the world.

Gerry
Gerry
4 years ago

F*** this worthless farce of a court. They might better go sit in a corner and play winkie winkie with themselves.

Becky
Becky
4 years ago

Hahaha..This is what comes of the international system, headed by the UN, being controlled by muslim murderers. They can go to hell.

Mike E V
Mike E V
4 years ago

War is so clean and precise how could anything possibly be considered a crime. More time wasted on nothing-burgers. We’ve seen the outcomes of past tribunals.

Erika
Erika
4 years ago

Investigate a crime in a war??? That alone is a oxymoron. War is a crime and everything is self -preservation. It is killing the enemy or being killed by the enemy. That is why we give the military guns and bombs and the newest fire power. Of course there more atrocious ways to kill people, like beheading and stoning etc.

Joe Salazar
Joe Salazar
3 years ago

WHAT ABOUT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE LYING CROOKED CLINTONS , AND THE BLACK TRAITOR AFRICAN SKUNK OBAMA, COMEY, ADAM SHIST SCHIFF , OVER DUE “WRINKLES” PELOSI JOHN KERRY, JOE BLOW PERVERT BIDEN & SON JERRY NADLER AND ALL THE TRAITORS OF AMERICA ? WHEN WILL THEY APPEAR IN CRIMINAL COURT. ? NEVER ? BUT WAR CRIME CRIMINALS ARE TARGETED ? GET UR SHIIT TOGETHER

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