U.S. administrations since 9/11 may be charged with "crimes against peace" for their attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia,Yemen, and Syria, "and perhaps their longstanding threatened war of aggression against Iran,"
Boyle said.
The eminent international authority went on to charge that the war crimes included "torture, enforced disappearances, assassinations, murders, kidnappings, extraordinary renditions, "shock and awe' (bombings), and (the use of) depleted uranium, white phosphorus, cluster bombs, drone strikes," and the like.
Boyle said Americans "must not permit any aspect of their foreign affairs and defense policies to be conducted by acknowledged "war criminals'" but must insist upon "the impeachment, dismissal, resignation, indictment, conviction, and long-term incarceration of all U.S. government officials guilty of such heinous international and domestic crimes."
Boyle said the so-called "targeted killing" of human beings in a non-battlefield situation is "pure murder" under basic principles of Anglo-American common law and international criminal law. And in this case, where these murders are both widespread and systematic, these murders constitute a Crime against Humanity under Article 7(1)(a) of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court.
Although the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, Boyle said, "nevertheless President Obama is subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC and its Prosecutor for murdering people in ICC member States."
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(Sherwood Ross is an American public relations consultant who works for good causes. He formerly worked for major dailies and wire services as a reporter and columnist. )(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
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