Has the U.S. Committed War Crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq?
5/30/2004 – Political – Article Ref: IV0405-2333 Number of comments: 21 Opinion Summary: Agree:18 Disagree:1 Neutral:2 By: Robert Higgs Iviews* – stLight.options({publisher:’d0d0a56f-4b2c-4912-9ecc-beeaa60431e0′}); After World War II, the U.S. government, in cooperation with the governments of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and France, established an International Military Tribunal to bring to justice the leaders of the European Axis regimes. The Tribunal’s Charter, published August 8, 1945, declared in Article 6: “The following acts, or any of them, are crimes coming within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal for which there shall be individual responsibility”: • Crimes against Peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a Common Plan or Conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing; • War Crimes: namely, violations of the laws or custom
