Sudan is not a signatory to the ICC and yet the ICC's chief prosecutor has served a warrant for Omar al-Bashir's arrest, the first time the court has issued a warrant for a serving president. Now, the US of A is not a signatory to the ICC either so here's to hoping that the ICC's chief prosecutor plays fair and issues a warrant for the incumbent at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Tony Bliar, masquerading as a Middle East peace envoy shouldn't fool anyone and Britain is a signatory to the ICC so hopefully we can expect to see Tony Bliar and Dubya arraigned at the Hague in 2010.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal under international law so the ICC would be acting within its powers to issue arrest warrants for G&T. Whether they will have the gumption to do so remains to be seen, but thus far it seems as if the ICC is zealously prosecuting warlords from the DRC, a former president of Liberia and some Serbs. Isn't it high time they went after some high profile international law breakers from the west?!
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