Tony Blair could still be charged with war crimes

[Staurm]

"Former SNP MP Jim Sillars has called for Tony Blair to be charged in Scotland with war crimes."

"He believes that the necessary powers to arrest and charge Mr Blair exist in Scotland, and has called on the Lord Advocate to investigate.

Mr Sillars said there is â??overwhelming evidenceâ?� that Mr Blair is guilty of conspiracy to wage and of waging aggressive war."

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Staurm Reviewed by Staurm on 06-12-2007. Tony Blair could still be charged with war crimes "Former SNP MP Jim Sillars has called for Tony Blair to be charged in Scotland with war crimes." "He believes that the necessary powers to arrest and charge Mr Blair exist in Scotland, and has called on the Lord Advocate to investigate. Mr Sillars said there is â??overwhelming evidenceâ?� that Mr Blair is guilty of conspiracy to wage and of waging aggressive war." Jim Sillars carries the War Crimes fight to the Scottish courts » BEPJ - Blog Archive Rating: 5

[medicinal]

They need to indite Bush-Cheney first, Blair was only their lap-dog.

[mrdevious]

Ok so what the hell are they charging him with? That article was just way to vague, charging him with "conspiracy to wage and of waging aggressive war". An outright declaration of war isn't exactly a "conspiracy", so what are they leaving out?

[Staurm]

They are not trying to charge him with conspiring to wage war, he's hopefully going to be tried for actually waging war, an illegal war.

[mrdevious]

They are not trying to charge him with conspiring to wage war, he's hopefully going to be tried for actually waging war, an illegal war.

While I still strongly disagree with the Iraq war, on legal grounds couldn't they justify the invasion with Saddam's blatant human rights violations?

[Psycho4Bud]

While I still strongly disagree with the Iraq war, on legal grounds couldn't they justify the invasion with Saddam's blatant human rights violations?

Not to mention breaking 17 U.N. resolutions!

Have a good one!:s4:

[delusionsofNORMALity]

last time it was a matter of morality, everyone claiming that the war in viet nam was immoral. these days everyone thinks they're a lawyer so they're claiming the war in iraq is illegal. a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but the illusion of knowledge is both dangerous and laughable.

[Staurm]

If I was the UN in 2003, I'd be reluctant to grant America any kind of resolute backing for an aggressive war, owing to the fact they usually invariably make a complete and utter balls up of the thing. America (and Britain) are in no position to be assuming the role of the worlds police.

[medicinal]

If I was the UN in 2003, I'd be reluctant to grant America any kind of resolute backing for an aggressive war, owing to the fact they usually invariably make a complete and utter balls up of the thing. America (and Britain) are in no position to be assuming the role of the worlds police.

Well I surely agree with you, and to add to that, we can't afford it. The debacle in Iraq isn't bad enough, the war hawks are trying to go after Iran. I guess when the whole middle east is a smoking hole, they'll be satisfied. How dare them to want control of their oil.

[PharmaCan]

While I still strongly disagree with the Iraq war, on legal grounds couldn't they justify the invasion with Saddam's blatant human rights violations?

The United States has imprisoned somewhere in the vicinity of 30% of the young black males in our country, most of them for non-violent drug offenses. When is someone going to invade the U.S. for our human rights violations?