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<DIV>Joe Parnarauskis<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 1/21/10, parkis305-art02@yahoo.com <I><parkis305-art02@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: parkis305-art02@yahoo.com <parkis305-art02@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Peace] FW: ICC Complaint Against Bush, Cheney et al<BR>To: "FrancisBoyle" <FBOYLE@law.illinois.edu><BR>Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 9:17 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV> What true liberal baloney. Obama and his Administration continue the very same policies. When can the working class of this country expect Professor Boyle to file same complaint against these current international war criminals?</DIV>
<DIV>Joe Parnarauskis<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 1/21/10, Boyle, Francis <I><FBOYLE@law.illinois.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Boyle, Francis <FBOYLE@law.illinois.edu><BR>Subject: [Peace] FW: ICC Complaint Against Bush, Cheney et al<BR>To: "Brian Dolinar" <briandolinar@gmail.com>, "Public i" <print@ucimc.org>, "Court Watch" <announce@communitycourtwatch.org>, "AWARE peace" <peace@lists.chambana.net>, stop@iresist.org, coalition@iresist.org, "WRFU" <rfu@ucimc.org>, "Lori A. Serb" <loriserb@loriserb.info>, gillard2@illinois.edu, "joel gillespie" <joel.gillespie@gmail.com>, "Raymond Morales" <rmorales02@gmail.com>, "Safe Haven" <safehavencu@gmail.com>, "Celeste Larkin" <celeste.larkin@gmail.com>, "Mike Lehman" <rebelmike@earthlink.net><BR>Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 8:26 AM<BR><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Lawyers Against The War [mailto:law@portal.ca] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Undisclosed-Recipient:;<BR><B>Subject:</B> ICC Complaint Against Bush, Cheney et al<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Champaign, U.S.A./The Hague, Netherlands (19 Jan 2010). -- Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales (the “Accused”) for their criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” perpetrated upon about 100 human beings. This term is really their euphemism for the enforced disappearance of persons and their consequent torture. This criminal policy and practice by the Accused constitute Crimes against Humanity in violation of the Rome Statute establishing the I.C.C. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute. Nevertheless the Accused have ordered and been responsible for the commission of I.C.C. statutory crimes within the respective territories of many I.C.C. member states, including several in Europe. Consequently, the I.C.C. has jurisdiction to prosecute the Accused for their I.C.C. statutory crimes under Rome Statute article 12(2)(a) that affords the I.C.C. jurisdiction to prosecute for I.C.C. statutory crimes committed in I.C.C. member states. </SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Complaint requests (1) that the I.C.C. Prosecutor open an investigation of the Accused on his own accord under Rome Statute article 15(1); and (2) that the I.C.C. Prosecutor also formally “submit to the [I.C.C.] Pre-Trial Chamber a request for authorization of an investigation” of the Accused under Rome Statute article 15(3).</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For similar reasons, the Highest Level Officials of the Obama administration risk the filing of a follow-up Complaint with the I.C.C. if they do not immediately terminate the Accused’s criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition,” which the Obama administration has continued to implement. </SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Complaint concludes with a request that the I.C.C. Prosecutor obtain International Arrest Warrants for the Accused from the I.C.C. in accordance with Rome Statute articles 58(1)(a), 58(1)(b)(i), 58(1)(b)(ii), and 58(1)(b)(iii). </SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear Sir:</SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Please accept my personal compliments. I have the honor hereby to file with you and the International Criminal Court this Complaint against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice , and Alberto Gonzales (hereinafter referred to as the “Accused”) for their criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition.” This term is really a euphemism for the enforced disappearances of persons, their torture, severe deprivation of their liberty, their violent sexual abuse, and other inhumane acts perpetrated upon these Victims. The Accused have inflicted this criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” upon about one hundred (100) human beings,
almost all of whom are Muslims/Arabs/Asians and People of Color. I doubt very seriously that the Accused would have inflicted these criminal practices upon 100 White Judeo-Christian men. </SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Accused’s criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” are both “widespread” <B>and</B> “systematic” within the meaning of Rome Statute article 7(1). Therefore the Accused have committed numerous “Crimes against Humanity” in flagrant and repeated and longstanding violation of Rome Statute articles 5(1)(b), 7(1)(a), 7(1)(e), 7(1)(f), 7(1)(g), 7(1)(h), 7(1)(i), and 7(1)(k). Furthermore, the Accused’s Rome Statute Crimes Against Humanity of enforced disappearances of persons constitutes ongoing criminal activity that continues even as of today.</SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The United States is not a contracting party to the Rome Statute. Nevertheless, the Accused ordered and were responsible for the commission of these I.C.C. statutory crimes on, in, and over the respective territories of several I.C.C. member states, including many located in </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Europe. Therefore, the I.C.C. has jurisdiction over the Accused for their I.C.C. statutory crimes in accordance with Rome Statute article 12(2)(a), which provides as follows:</SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Article 12</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.8in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.8in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> 2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So the fact that United States is not a contracting party to the Rome Statute is no bar to the I.C.C.’s prosecution of the Accused because they have ordered and been responsible for the commission of Rome Statute Crimes against Humanity on, in, and over the respective territories of several I.C.C. member states. </SPAN>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Consequently, I hereby respectfully request that the Court exercise its jurisdiction over the Accused for these Crimes against Humanity in accordance with Rome Statute article 13(c), which provides as follows:</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Pursuant to Rome Statute article 13(c), I hereby respectfully request that you initiate an investigation proprio motu against the Accused in accordance with Rome Statute article 15(1): “The Prosecutor may initiate investigations proprio motu on the basis of information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court.” My detailed Complaint against the Accused constitutes the sufficient “information” required by article 15(1).</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Furthermore, I respectfully submit that this Complaint by itself constitutes “a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation” under Rome Statute article 15(3). Hence, I also respectfully request that you formally “submit to the Pre-Trial Chamber a request for authorization of an investigation” of the Accused under Rome Statute article 15(3) at this time. Please inform me at your earliest convenience about the status and disposition of my two requests set forth immediately above.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Based upon your extensive human rights work in Argentina, you know full well from direct personal experience the terrors and the horrors of enforced disappearances of persons and their consequent torture. According to reputable news media sources here in the United States, about 100 human beings have been subjected to enforced disappearances and subsequent torture by the Accused. We still have no accounting for these Victims. In other words, many of these Victims of enforced disappearances and torture by the Accused could still be alive today. Their very lives are at stake right now as we communicate. You could very well save some of their lives by publicly stating that you are opening an investigation of my Complaint.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As for those Victims of enforced disappearances by the Accused who have died, your opening an investigation of my Complaint is the only means by which we might be able to obtain some explanation and accounting for their whereabouts and the location of their remains in order to communicate this critical information to their next-of-kin and loved-ones. Based upon your extensive experience combating enforced disappearances of persons and their consequent torture in Argentina, you know full well how important that objective is. The next-of-kin, loved-ones, and friends of “disappeared” human beings can never benefit from psychological “closure” unless and until there is an accounting for the fates, if not the remains, of the Victims. In part that is precisely why the Accused’s
enforced disappearances of about 100 human beings constitutes ongoing criminal activity that continues as of today and will continue until the fates of all their Victims have been officially determined by you opening an investigation into my Complaint.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Let us mutually suppose that during the so-called “dirty war” in Argentina the International Criminal Court had been in existence. I submit that as an Argentinean human rights lawyer you would have moved heaven and earth and done everything in your power to get the I.C.C. and its Prosecutor to assume jurisdiction over the Argentine Junta in order to terminate and prosecute their enforced disappearances and torture of your fellow Argentinean citizens. I would have done the same. Unfortunately, the I.C.C. did not exist during those darkest of days for the Argentine Republic when we could have so acted. But today as the I.C.C. Prosecutor, you have both the opportunity and the legal power to do something to rectify this mass and total human rights annihilation, and to resolve
and to terminate and to prosecute the “widespread” and “systematic” policy and practice of enforced disappearances and consequent torture of about 100 human beings by the Accused. </SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Unfortunately, the new Obama administration in the United States has made it perfectly clear by means of public statements by President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder that they are not going to open any criminal investigation of any of the Accused for these aforementioned Crimes against Humanity. Hence an I.C.C. “case” against the Accused is “admissible” under Rome Statute article 1(complementarity) and article 17. As of right now <B>you</B> and the I.C.C. Judges are the only people in the entire world who can bring some degree of Justice, Closure, and Healing into this dire, tragic, and deplorable situation for the lives and well-being of about one hundred “disappeared” and tortured human beings as well as for their loved-ones and next-of-kin, who are also
Victims of the Accused’s Crimes against Humanity. On behalf of them all, as a fellow human rights lawyer I implore you to open an investigation into my Complaint and to issue a public statement to that effect. </SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Also, most regretfully, the new Obama administration has publicly stated that it will continue the Accused’s policy and practice of "extraordinary rendition," which is really their euphemism for enforced disappearances of human beings and consequent torture by other States. Hence the Highest Level Officials of the Obama administration fully intend to commit their own Crimes against Humanity under the I.C.C. Rome Statute – unless you stop them! Your opening an investigation of my Complaint will undoubtedly deter the Obama administration from engaging in any more “extraordinary renditions” -- enforced disappearances of human beings and having them tortured by other States. Indeed your opening of an investigation into my Complaint might encourage the Obama administration to
terminate its criminal “extraordinary rendition” program immediately and thoroughly by means of issuing a public statement to that effect. In other words, your opening an investigation of my Complaint could very well save the lives of a large number of additional human beings who otherwise will be subjected by the Obama administration to the Rome Statute Crimes against Humanity of enforced disappearances of persons and their consequent torture by other States, inter alia.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The lives and well-being of countless human beings are now at risk, hanging in the balance, waiting for you to act promptly, effectively, and immediately to save them from becoming Victims of Rome Statute Crimes against Humanity perpetrated by the Highest Level Officials of the Obama administration as successors-in-law to the Accused by opening an investigation of my Complaint. Otherwise, I shall be forced to file with you and the I.C.C. a follow-up Complaint against the Highest Level Officials of the Obama administration. I certainly hope it will not come to that. Please make it so.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Finally, for reasons more fully explained in the <I>Conclusion</I> to my Complaint, I respectfully request that you obtain I.C.C. arrest warrants for the Accused in accordance with Rome Statute articles 58(1)(a), article 58(1)(b)(i), article 58(1)(b)(ii), and article 58(1)(b)(iii). The sooner, the better for all humankind.</SPAN>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This transmission letter is an integral part of my Complaint against the Accused and is hereby incorporated by reference into the attached Complaint dated as of today as well. </SPAN>
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