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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Thu Jul 07 2011 - 19:23:18 EDT
Rejection by African Union of ICC's Qaddafi arrest warrant reveals ICC as
hoax
It's Official: International Criminal Court has ZERO Mandate
by Tony Cartalucci
<http://www.globalresearch.ca> Global Research, July 7, 2011
Bangkok, Thailand July 2, 2011 - If an entire continent rejects an alleged
international institution's actions as illegitimate and self-serving, does
said institution still get to call itself "international?" Furthermore, does
it still hold any sort of mandate to continue on as self-proclaimed
international arbiter? Certainly not, and for the International Criminal
Court, whose "arrest warrant" for Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi was soundly
<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/african-union-disregards-gad
dafi-arrest-warrant/story-e6frf7jx-1226086404133> rejected by the 53-member
African Union, their last shred of self-proclaimed credibility has been
rendered moot.
With the UN resolution being illegitimate to begin with, with NATO members
incrementally violating their own contrived resolution on a daily basis, and
now with an entire continent rejecting the ICC's "arrest warrant" for
Qaddafi, the West's adventure in Libya, and the "international order" it is
upholding are beginning to show their true, tenuous, and very illegitimate
colors.
The arrest warrant itself is based on ICC's own "investigation."
<http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/PIDS/publications/LibyaQandAEng.pdf> The ICC
said, "in the course of its investigation, due to unprecedented cooperation
from different States and organisations (none of which are currently working
in Libya), the Office of the Prosecutor has been able to collect extensive
documentation and evidence in a short period of time, through 30 missions to
11 States, and through interviews with a large number of persons, including
key insiders and eyewitnesses. " Such a premise is so recklessly
irresponsible, so baseless, and so morally bankrupt, it is easy to see why
the African Union has such a difficult time accepting it.
A look over this "
<http://www.icc-cpi.int/menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/icc011
1/court%20records/filing%20of%20the%20participants/office%20of%20the%20prose
cutor/4?lan=en-GB> evidence" presented by the "Office of the Prosecutor"
reveals a "cut & paste" bonanza of articles and reports taken from
disingenuous organizations funded by the same corporations and foundations
that contrived the ICC itself. The
<http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1057150.pdf> entire basis of the
"Prosecutor's" case is built upon reports taken from BBC, Al Jazeera, the
London Guardian, New York Times, the US State Department's
<http://www.bbg.gov/about/board-members/> Broadcasting Board of
Governors-run Voice of America, the <http://www.hrw.org/en/partners>
globalist-funded <http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1073312.pdf> Human
Rights Rights Watch, and the <http://www.fidh.org/-Financial-Statements->
National Endowment for Democracy and Tides Foundation-funded International
Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), among many, many others.
The International Criminal Court itself
<http://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/DCBD3E2C-C592-4FB8-B7CB-E18E67F692D1.htm>
claims to be, "an independent, permanent court that investigates and
prosecutes persons accused of the most serious crimes of international
concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes." A visit
to the <http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=supporters> Coalition for the
International Criminal Court (CICC) site reveals just who is behind the ICC,
who is actively promoting it and networking with the ICC's various NGO
partners, and the fact that all involved boast the same financial and
political supporters.
The <http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=coalition> CICC claims to include, "2,500
civil society organizations in 150 different countries working in
partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensure
that the Court is fair, effective and independent; make justice both visible
and universal; and advance stronger national laws that deliver justice to
victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide." The CICC
however, also is " <http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=supporters> deeply
appreciative of the generous support" provided by the European Union, the
Ford Foundation, the
<http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.855259/k.B257/Board_of_Directo
rs.htm> Fortune 500-lined John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
George Soros' Open Society Institute, and Humanity United.
<http://www.humanityunited.org/all/partners> Humanity United in turn boast
partnerships with the the BBC World Service Trust, NED/Open Society/US State
Department-funded <http://www.benetech.org/about/strategic_partners.shtml>
Benetech, George Soros' <http://www.humanityunited.org/all/partners/page:7>
Open Society Institute, and the
<http://www.ned.org/where-we-work/middle-east-and-northern-africa/mena-regio
nal> NED-funded <http://www.humanityunited.org/all/partners/page:8>
Solidarity Center. These "generous supporters" are literally the same
organizations that have built up the very "
<http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/04/exposing-international-arbiters.h
tml> civil society organizations" the CICC is "working in partnership" with,
and the same disingenuous organizations supplying the fake, contrived ICC
with "evidence" to issue its "arrest warrants" with.
African Union executive Jean Ping called the ICC discriminatory, going only
after "crimes" committed in Africa while ignoring those committed by the
West in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13970412> AU has also condemned
France for its blatant violation of the already illegitimate UNSC r.1973 by
dropping weapons to Libya's
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/840704
7/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html>
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels.
Meanwhile,
<http://ned.org/where-we-work/middle-east-and-northern-africa/egypt> US
National Endowment for Democracy-funded
<http://pomed.org/blog/2011/07/african-union-rejects-gadhafis-warrant.html/>
Project on Middle East Democracy reported that in reaction to Libya's
threats to fight back against NATO aggression, U.S. State Department
Spokesman Mark Toner said, "This is an individual who is obviously capable
of carrying out these kinds of threats. It's what makes him so dangerous.
But we continue to carry out the NATO mission, while at the same time
increasing pressure on him to step aside." Like France air-dropping weapons
to
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/840704
7/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html>
admitted terrorists, the US attempting to remove Qaddafi is a direct
violation of the NATO coalition's own contrived UN resolution. That the ICC
isn't filing cases against NATO members for their multitude of crimes, and
the fact that an entire continent has rejected the ICC's decision, settles
the fact for all concerned that the contrived organization holds absolutely
no legitimacy.
<http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NC_JIJkhKiU/Tg-mcQTejuI/AAAAAAAAArI/R9iSbwH5VOw/s
1600/Libya-Air-strikes-in-Trip-007.jpg>
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NC_JIJkhKiU/Tg-mcQTejuI/AAAAAAAAArI/R9iSbwH5VOw/s4
00/Libya-Air-strikes-in-Trip-007.jpgPhoto: NATO munitions strike a
residential area in Tripoli.
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