This is a great article about efforts in Congress to protect our service personnel from persectution of the International Criminal Court. Some in Congress would like to overturn the act with HR 2804. Nothing would please them more than to see President Bush himself on trial in the Hague.
Congress Seeks to Curb International Court
Measure Would Threaten Overseas Aid Cuts to Push Immunity for U.S. Troops
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 26, 2004; Page A02
UNITED NATIONS -- The Republican-controlled Congress has stepped up its campaign to curtail the power of the International Criminal Court, threatening to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to governments that refuse to sign immunity accords shielding U.S. personnel from being surrendered to the tribunal.
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