[Seattle-editorial] Re: Seattle-editorial digest, Vol 1 #580 - 4 msgs
David M. Kelley
David_M_Kelley at cablespeed.com
Sat Aug 31 07:05:27 PDT 2002
the following is a triple post:
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17406&group=webcast
After posting the first time, I got an error message, something about
the Apache server being down. I tried it again, twice, with similar
results, each time not seing my article on the wire. Now it is. Three
times. Please hide two of them. Thanks.
seattle-editorial-request at lists.indymedia.org wrote:
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> 1. Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal (Ngaio Robertson Halsey)
> 2. needs taken off (Troy Prouty)
> 3. Re: Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal (jonathan lawson)
> 4. Re: Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal (Susan)
>
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>
>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:51:30 -0700
>From: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>Subject: Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
>
>
>Alright.
>
>I still like all the information I have below. REgardless if it is too long, I
>think it's important and I would like to include it on the newswire (the
>posting bit to the left) and have a link at the bottom of the feature that
>leads to it. Here is a shorter re-write.
>What do you think?
>
>Ngaio Halsey
>ngaio at riseup.net
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Title: East Timor and US sign treaty
>Subtitle: US Government Attempts to Further Undermine Global Justice with
>Article 98
>
>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and Romania
>to sign Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledging that neither will
>prosecute each other's soldiers in the International Criminal
>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in The Hague.
>
>The US government disputes the impartialness of the court with claims that
>other countries, envious of the United States's power, will attempt to abuse
>the ICC and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes.
>Supporters of the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will
>prevent this from happening.
>
>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of the
>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified their
>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to try
>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>individuals when their home states fail to take adequate disciplinary actions
>themselves.
>
>To read more, go to............................
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Forwarded message from Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net> -----
>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:57:46 -0700
> From: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>Reply-To: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
> To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>
>
>
>Hello IMC
>
>This is my first time proposing a feature..so please be patient.
>Unfamiliar with how to create links, I simply left the websites in bracketts.
>Also, I didn't attach a picture..I just remembered now that I might want one.
>Suggestions on a graphic would be welcome. I am not sure if I am still on the
>editorals list, so if you wish to respond, include my e-mail address as well.
>Thank you.
>
>Ngaio Halsey
>ngaio at riseup.net
>
>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Title: East Timor Signs Treaty with US
>Subtitle: US Attempts to Furthur Undermine Global Justice
>
>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and Romania
>to sign
>Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledgng that neither will prosecute
>each other's soldiers in the International Criminal
>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in the Hague.
>
>Though once a proponent for the ICC, the United States, now under the Bush
>administration, has "un-signed" a treaty<www.iccnow.org/html/icc19990712.html>
>that signals an intention to ratify the US's membership into the International
>Criminal Court. The US government defends itself with claims that other
>countries, envious of the United States's power, will attempt to abuse the ICC
>and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes. Supporters of
>the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will prevent this from
>happening. Suspicions have arisen that the US is more fearful of their leaders
>being prosecutable for war crimes than actual soldiers.
>
>Still wary of the possibilty that US soldiers may be tried under the newly
>formed International Criminal Court, the US government jeopardized dozens of
>peace-keeping missions<www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg> by threatening
>to withdraw all US support unless the ICC granted special immunity from
>prosecution to all US militray personnel.
>
>In mid-July, after three weeks of negotiations, the US and the UN agreed to
>suspend any action on either side for a year. But since then, the US has
>actively persued countries internationally with a treaty pledeging that neither
>country will send each other's soldiers to the ICC. Countries, refusing to
>sign, declare their intention to stand firmly behind the ideal of equal
>treatment under global law.
>
>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of the
>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified their
>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to try
>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>individuals when their home states fail to take adequete disciplinary actions
>themselves.
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>
>
>
>- ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 2
>From: "Troy Prouty" <poeftr at hotmail.com>
>To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:21:54 +0000
>Subject: [Seattle-editorial] needs taken off
>
>This needs removed before IMC gets in trouble.
>
>This is a threat against the President:
>
>http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17392
>
>Troy *
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:22:15 -0700
>To: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>,
> editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>From: jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
>
>Very good! I give this thumbs up.
>
>The first step to your good idea will just be to post the longer version to=
>=20
>the newswire. Then once your feature proposal gets athe needed additional=20
>approval, it can be linked to your newswire article..make sense?
>
>many thanks
>Jonathan
>
>So,At 11:51 AM 8/30/2002 -0700, Ngaio Robertson Halsey wrote:
>
>
>
>>Alright.
>>
>>I still like all the information I have below. REgardless if it is too=20
>>long, I
>>think it's important and I would like to include it on the newswire (the
>>posting bit to the left) and have a link at the bottom of the feature that
>>leads to it. Here is a shorter re-write.
>>What do you think?
>>
>>Ngaio Halsey
>>ngaio at riseup.net
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>>
>>
>---
>
>
>>Title: East Timor and US sign treaty
>>Subtitle: US Government Attempts to Further Undermine Global Justice with
>>Article 98
>>
>>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and=
>>
>>
> Romania
>
>
>>to sign Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledging that neither=
>>
>>
>=20
>
>
>>will
>>prosecute each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal
>>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in The Hague.
>>
>>The US government disputes the impartialness of the court with claims that
>>other countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to=
>>
>>
> abuse
>
>
>>the ICC and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes.
>>Supporters of the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will
>>prevent this from happening.
>>
>>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of=
>>
>>
> the
>
>
>>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified their
>>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to try
>>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>>individuals when their home states fail to take adequate disciplinary=
>>
>>
> actions
>
>
>>themselves.
>>
>>To read more, go to=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Forwarded message from Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>=
>>
>>
> -----
>
>
>>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:57:46 -0700
>> From: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>>Reply-To: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
>> To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>>
>>
>>
>>Hello IMC
>>
>>This is my first time proposing a feature..so please be patient.
>>Unfamiliar with how to create links, I simply left the websites in=
>>
>>
> bracketts.
>
>
>>Also, I didn't attach a picture..I just remembered now that I might want=
>>
>>
> one.
>
>
>>Suggestions on a graphic would be welcome. I am not sure if I am still on=
>>
>>
>=20
>
>
>>the
>>editorals list, so if you wish to respond, include my e-mail address as=
>>
>>
> well.
>
>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Ngaio Halsey
>>ngaio at riseup.net
>>
>>-=
>>
>>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>-
>
>
>>Title: East Timor Signs Treaty with US
>>Subtitle: US Attempts to Furthur Undermine Global Justice
>>
>>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and=
>>
>>
> Romania
>
>
>>to sign
>>Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledgng that neither will=20
>>prosecute
>>each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal
>>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in the Hague.
>>
>>Though once a proponent for the ICC, the United States, now under the Bush
>>administration, has =93un-signed=94 a=20
>>treaty<www.iccnow.org/html/icc19990712.html>
>>that signals an intention to ratify the US=92s membership into the=20
>>International
>>Criminal Court. The US government defends itself with claims that other
>>countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to abuse=
>>
>>
> the=20
>
>
>>ICC
>>and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes. Supporters=
>>
>>
> of
>
>
>>the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will prevent this=
>>
>>
>=20
>
>
>>from
>>happening. Suspicions have arisen that the US is more fearful of their=20
>>leaders
>>being prosecutable for war crimes than actual soldiers.
>>
>>Still wary of the possibilty that US soldiers may be tried under the newly
>>formed International Criminal Court, the US government jeopardized dozens=
>>
>>
> of
>
>
>>peace-keeping missions<www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg> by=
>>
>>
> threatening
>
>
>>to withdraw all US support unless the ICC granted special immunity from
>>prosecution to all US militray personnel.
>>
>>In mid-July, after three weeks of negotiations, the US and the UN agreed to
>>suspend any action on either side for a year. But since then, the US has
>>actively persued countries internationally with a treaty pledeging that=20
>>neither
>>country will send each other=92s soldiers to the ICC. Countries,=
>>
>>
> refusing to
>
>
>>sign, declare their intention to stand firmly behind the ideal of equal
>>treatment under global law.
>>
>>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of=
>>
>>
> the
>
>
>>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified their
>>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to try
>>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>>individuals when their home states fail to take adequete disciplinary=
>>
>>
> actions
>
>
>>themselves.
>>
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>
>>
>>
>>- ----- End forwarded message -----
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>
>>
>
>
>--__--__--
>
>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:27:00 -0700
>To: jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org>,
> Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>,
> editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>From: Susan <susan at gleason.net>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
>
>--=====================_1407949572==_.ALT
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>Great work Ngaio -- and congratulations on doing your first indymedia=20
>feature!! I hope there'll be many more to come!
>
>If you have a chance, you might want to do a quick search on the seattle=20
>site for previous links related to the ICC. I remember seeing a few posts=20
>when the court was first instituted. As for an image? ... hmm, I wonder=
>=20
>if the ICC has a logo we could grab off the Web (google 'image' searches=20
>can be great for this type of thing).
>
>But thumbs up as is!!
>
>- Susan
>
>At 04:22 PM 8/30/02, jonathan lawson wrote:
>
>
>>Very good! I give this thumbs up.
>>
>>The first step to your good idea will just be to post the longer version=20
>>to the newswire. Then once your feature proposal gets athe needed=20
>>additional approval, it can be linked to your newswire article..make sense?
>>
>>many thanks
>>Jonathan
>>
>>So,At 11:51 AM 8/30/2002 -0700, Ngaio Robertson Halsey wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Alright.
>>>
>>>I still like all the information I have below. REgardless if it is too=20
>>>long, I
>>>think it's important and I would like to include it on the newswire (the
>>>posting bit to the left) and have a link at the bottom of the feature that
>>>leads to it. Here is a shorter re-write.
>>>What do you think?
>>>
>>>Ngaio Halsey
>>>ngaio at riseup.net
>>>
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>>>
>>>
>----
>
>
>>>Title: East Timor and US sign treaty
>>>Subtitle: US Government Attempts to Further Undermine Global Justice with
>>>Article 98
>>>
>>>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and=
>>>
>>>
> Romania
>
>
>>>to sign Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledging that neither=
>>>
>>>
>=20
>
>
>>>will
>>>prosecute each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal
>>>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in The Hague.
>>>
>>>The US government disputes the impartialness of the court with claims that
>>>other countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to=
>>>
>>>
> abuse
>
>
>>>the ICC and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes.
>>>Supporters of the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will
>>>prevent this from happening.
>>>
>>>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of=
>>>
>>>
> the
>
>
>>>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified=
>>>
>>>
> their
>
>
>>>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>>>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to=
>>>
>>>
> try
>
>
>>>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>>>individuals when their home states fail to take adequate disciplinary=
>>>
>>>
> actions
>
>
>>>themselves.
>>>
>>>To read more, go to=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Forwarded message from Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>=
>>>
>>>
> -----
>
>
>>>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:57:46 -0700
>>> From: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>>>Reply-To: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net>
>>> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal
>>> To: editorial at seattle.indymedia.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello IMC
>>>
>>>This is my first time proposing a feature..so please be patient.
>>>Unfamiliar with how to create links, I simply left the websites in=
>>>
>>>
> bracketts.
>
>
>>>Also, I didn't attach a picture..I just remembered now that I might want=
>>>
>>>
> one.
>
>
>>>Suggestions on a graphic would be welcome. I am not sure if I am still=20
>>>on the
>>>editorals list, so if you wish to respond, include my e-mail address as=
>>>
>>>
> well.
>
>
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>Ngaio Halsey
>>>ngaio at riseup.net
>>>
>>>-=20
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>>>
>>>
>--
>
>
>>>Title: East Timor Signs Treaty with US
>>>Subtitle: US Attempts to Furthur Undermine Global Justice
>>>
>>>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and=
>>>
>>>
> Romania
>
>
>>>to sign
>>>Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledgng that neither will=20
>>>prosecute
>>>each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal
>>>Court<www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/> in the Hague.
>>>
>>>Though once a proponent for the ICC, the United States, now under the Bush
>>>administration, has =93un-signed=94 a=20
>>>treaty<www.iccnow.org/html/icc19990712.html>
>>>that signals an intention to ratify the US=92s membership into the=20
>>>International
>>>Criminal Court. The US government defends itself with claims that other
>>>countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to abuse=
>>>
>>>
>=20
>
>
>>>the ICC
>>>and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes. Supporters=
>>>
>>>
> of
>
>
>>>the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will prevent this=
>>>
>>>
>=20
>
>
>>>from
>>>happening. Suspicions have arisen that the US is more fearful of their=20
>>>leaders
>>>being prosecutable for war crimes than actual soldiers.
>>>
>>>Still wary of the possibilty that US soldiers may be tried under the newly
>>>formed International Criminal Court, the US government jeopardized dozens=
>>>
>>>
> of
>
>
>>>peace-keeping missions<www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg> by=
>>>
>>>
> threatening
>
>
>>>to withdraw all US support unless the ICC granted special immunity from
>>>prosecution to all US militray personnel.
>>>
>>>In mid-July, after three weeks of negotiations, the US and the UN agreed=
>>>
>>>
> to
>
>
>>>suspend any action on either side for a year. But since then, the US has
>>>actively persued countries internationally with a treaty pledeging that=20
>>>neither
>>>country will send each other=92s soldiers to the ICC. Countries,=
>>>
>>>
> refusing to
>
>
>>>sign, declare their intention to stand firmly behind the ideal of equal
>>>treatment under global law.
>>>
>>>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far, 76 of=
>>>
>>>
> the
>
>
>>>original 139 signees<www.iccnow.org/html/country.html>, have ratified=
>>>
>>>
> their
>
>
>>>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement of,
>>>international tribunals<www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html>, meant to=
>>>
>>>
> try
>
>
>>>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to try
>>>individuals when their home states fail to take adequete disciplinary=
>>>
>>>
> actions
>
>
>>>themselves.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>>>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>- ----- End forwarded message -----
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>>>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>>
>>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Seattle-editorial mailing list
>>Seattle-editorial at lists.indymedia.org
>>http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/seattle-editorial
>>
>>
>
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>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
><html>
><font size=3D3>Great work Ngaio -- and congratulations on doing your first
>indymedia feature!! I hope there'll be many more to come!<br><br>
>If you have a chance, you might want to do a quick search on the seattle
>site for previous links related to the ICC. I remember seeing a few posts
>when the court was first instituted. As for an image?
>... hmm, I wonder if the ICC has a logo we could grab off the Web
>(google 'image' searches can be great for this type of thing).<br><br>
>But thumbs up as is!!<br><br>
>- Susan<br><br>
>At 04:22 PM 8/30/02, jonathan lawson wrote:<br>
><blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Very good! I give this thumbs
>up.<br><br>
>The first step to your good idea will just be to post the longer version
>to the newswire. Then once your feature proposal gets athe needed
>additional approval, it can be linked to your newswire article..make
>sense?<br><br>
>many thanks<br>
>Jonathan<br><br>
>So,At 11:51 AM 8/30/2002 -0700, Ngaio Robertson Halsey wrote:<br><br>
><blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Alright.<br><br>
>I still like all the information I have below. REgardless if it is
>too long, I<br>
>think it's important and I would like to include it on the newswire
>(the<br>
>posting bit to the left) and have a link at the bottom of the feature
>that<br>
>leads to it. Here is a shorter re-write.<br>
>What do you think?<br><br>
>Ngaio Halsey<br>
>ngaio at riseup.net<br><br>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------=
>--<br>
>Title: East Timor and US sign treaty<br>
>Subtitle: US Government Attempts to Further Undermine Global Justice
>with<br>
>Article 98<br><br>
>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and
>Romania<br>
>to sign Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledging that neither
>will<br>
>prosecute each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal<br>
>Court<<a href=3D"http://www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/" eudora=3D"autourl=
>">www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/</a>>
>in The Hague.<br><br>
>The US government disputes the impartialness of the court with claims
>that<br>
>other countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to
>abuse<br>
>the ICC and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war
>crimes.<br>
>Supporters of the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC
>will<br>
>prevent this from happening.<br><br>
>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far,
>76 of the<br>
>original 139
>signees<<a href=3D"http://www.iccnow.org/html/country.html" eudora=3D"aut=
>ourl">www.iccnow.org/html/country.html</a>>,
>have ratified their<br>
>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement
>of,<br>
>international
>tribunals<<a href=3D"http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html" eudora=
>=3D"autourl">www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html</a>>,
>meant to try<br>
>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to
>try<br>
>individuals when their home states fail to take adequate disciplinary
>actions<br>
>themselves.<br><br>
>To read more, go to=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85=85.<br><br>
><br><br>
><br><br>
>----- Forwarded message from Ngaio Robertson Halsey
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>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:57:46 -0700<br>
> From: Ngaio Robertson Halsey
><ngaio at riseup.net><br>
>Reply-To: Ngaio Robertson Halsey <ngaio at riseup.net><br>
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] feature proposal<br>
> To:
>editorial at seattle.indymedia.org<br><br>
><br><br>
>Hello IMC<br><br>
>This is my first time proposing a feature..so please be patient.<br>
>Unfamiliar with how to create links, I simply left the websites in
>bracketts.<br>
>Also, I didn't attach a picture..I just remembered now that I might want
>one.<br>
>Suggestions on a graphic would be welcome. I am not sure if I am
>still on the<br>
>editorals list, so if you wish to respond, include my e-mail address as
>well.<br>
>Thank you.<br><br>
>Ngaio Halsey<br>
>ngaio at riseup.net<br><br>
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>Title: East Timor Signs Treaty with US<br>
>Subtitle: US Attempts to Furthur Undermine Global Justice<br><br>
>On August 26th, East Timor became the third country, after Israel and
>Romania<br>
>to sign<br>
>Article 98, a treaty with the United States pledgng that neither will
>prosecute<br>
>each other=92s soldiers in the International Criminal<br>
>Court<<a href=3D"http://www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/" eudora=3D"autourl=
>">www.globalpolicy.org/wldcourt/</a>>
>in the Hague.<br><br>
>Though once a proponent for the ICC, the United States, now under the
>Bush<br>
>administration, has =93un-signed=94 a
>treaty<<a href=3D"http://www.iccnow.org/html/icc19990712.html"=
> eudora=3D"autourl">www.iccnow.org/html/icc19990712.html</a>><br>
>that signals an intention to ratify the US=92s membership into the
>International<br>
>Criminal Court. The US government defends itself with claims that
>other<br>
>countries, envious of the United States=92s power, will attempt to abuse
>the ICC<br>
>and unfairly target US soldiers for prosecution of war crimes.
>Supporters of<br>
>the ICC, claim that the guidelines drawn up for the ICC will prevent this
>from<br>
>happening. Suspicions have arisen that the US is more fearful of
>their leaders<br>
>being prosecutable for war crimes than actual soldiers.<br><br>
>Still wary of the possibilty that US soldiers may be tried under the
>newly<br>
>formed International Criminal Court, the US government jeopardized dozens
>of<br>
>peace-keeping
>missions<<a href=3D"http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg" eudora=
>=3D"autourl">www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg</a>>
>by threatening<br>
>to withdraw all US support unless the ICC granted special immunity
>from<br>
>prosecution to all US militray personnel.<br><br>
>In mid-July, after three weeks of negotiations, the US and the UN agreed
>to<br>
>suspend any action on either side for a year. But since then, the
>US has<br>
>actively persued countries internationally with a treaty pledeging that
>neither<br>
>country will send each other=92s soldiers to the ICC.
>Countries, refusing to<br>
>sign, declare their intention to stand firmly behind the ideal of
>equal<br>
>treatment under global law.<br><br>
>The International Criminal Court was born July 1st, 2002. So far,
>76 of the<br>
>original 139
>signees<<a href=3D"http://www.iccnow.org/html/country.html" eudora=3D"aut=
>ourl">www.iccnow.org/html/country.html</a>>,
>have ratified their<br>
>memberships. The ICC is similar to, but a permanent replacement
>of,<br>
>international
>tribunals<<a href=3D"http://www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html" eudora=
>=3D"autourl">www.hrw.org/wr2k1/intro/intro15.html</a>>,
>meant to try<br>
>genocide and other crimes against humanity. The ICC intends only to
>try<br>
>individuals when their home states fail to take adequete disciplinary
>actions<br>
>themselves.<br><br>
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