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From: William Meecham <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] Interesting..how sign?
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> > A LITTLE INFO ABOUT JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL:
> >
> > Now that we have many more new subscribers in our distribution list for
the
> > Justice International News and Comment Service - which is totally free
of
> > charge and aims to reach the greatest possible number of people - it may
be
> > worth imposing upon those who already are fully aware of these basic
facts
> > about our organisation, in order to impart some additional information
to
> > our new friends.
> >
> > Below a copy of the People's Petition Against War Crimes in Yugoslavia
that
> > gave the initial impulse and motive force around which Justice
> > International first came together.
> >
> > This petition arose from people of all walks of life who were demanding
> > justice while so much criminal destruction was being inflicted last year
in
> > Yugoslavia. Most of these people were simple participants in the
protests
> > that arose in various cities of Europe and the USA against this war of
> > aggression.
> >
> > While the "leaders" of the "Peace Movements" were merely talking of
asking
> > the warmongers to desist and "stop bombing", the people from the rank
and
> > file wanted nothing less than to put an end to this injustice and deal
> > exemplary punishment to all its perpetrators. They took exclusively the
> > side of all their brothers and sisters of all ethnic origins in the
> > martyred land of Yugoslavia.
> >
> > As soon as Justice International began circulating these petitions, in
> > London, Glasgow and many other British towns, and later in the USA,
> > thousands upon thousands of people of all walks of life came forward to
> > sign it with enthusiasm and hope, many took sheaves of forms to fill in
> > their own home towns and districts.
> >
> > This initiative of Justice International coincided too with the
initiatives
> > that were independently undertaken by distinguished legal people of
> > integrity, such as those from Cambridge and Canadian Universities, who
> > indeed drafted more comprehensive legal indictments against the NATO
> > leaders.
> >
> > In this brief brochure we are republishing the following documents:
> >
> > 1) Text of the Justice International Petition and Witness statement to
be
> > submitted before the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia
in
> > The Hague.
> >
> > 2) Text of the legal opinion of one of the surviving US Prosecutors at
the
> > Nuremberg Trials, substantiating the legal and ethical principles upon
> > which the Justin Petition is based.
> >
> > 3) Text of the "founding" leaflet inviting people to become associated
with
> > Justice International and its work.
> >
> > 4) A brief indication of ways of helping the development of Justice
> > International and contributing to the spread and strengthening of its
> > guiding principles in the world.
> > __________________________
> >
> > 1)
> >
> > INDICT ALL WAR CRIMINALS IN YUGOSLAVIA WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR - INDICT
> > CLINTON, BLAIR, SCHROEDER, SOLANA AND CO.
> >
> > In the interest of Justice, Fairness, and the majesty of international
law,
> > we the undersigned appeal before the United Nations International War
> > Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia, to proceed and indict the following
persons:
>
> >
> > 1) Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, of 1600 Pennsylvania Av., Washington
DC,
> > USA.
> > 2) Mr. Anthony Blair, of 10 Downing Street, London SW1, U.K.
> > 3) Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, Office of the Prime Minister, Berlin, F.R. of
> > Germany
> > 4) Mr. Javier Solana, Office of the General Secretary, NATO, Brussels,
> > Belgium
> > 5) Mr. Jacques Chirac, Elyssee Palace, Paris, Republic of France
> > 6) All other members of the executive bodies of the governments conformi
ng
> > NATO, Defence and Foreign Secretaries, together with responsible
officers
> > in all political and military organisations under the command of the
named
> > principals, who may be found to share their responsibility, as
accomplices,
> > aides and abettors, in wilfully violating the Geneva Convention relating
to
> > the Conduct of War (War Crimes) as detailed below.
> >
> > We understand that this International War Crimes Tribunal has
> > responsibility for gathering evidence against those who may have
committed
> > war crimes within the territory of the Yugoslav Federal Republic. We
wish
> > it success. In pressing this complaint backed by our signatures, we are
> > acting out of our conviction that justice must not only be fair, but
also
> > seen to be fair and equitable. That no one, no matter who, or how high
the
> > position he/she occupies, should be above the law, lest it should fall
into
> > disrepute and public contempt.
> >
> > We have all witnessed on TV the war crime we are here reporting.
Article
> > 51, paragraph C, of the Geneva Convention governing the conduct of war,
> > clearly typifies as such any intentional attack carried out against
> > civilians who are not directly involved in military actions bearing
arms.
> > The above named individuals, deliberately and with foreknowledge of the
> > consequences, ordered the bombing of Belgrade's main television studios,
> > causing a score of unarmed civilian casualties. In fact, this crime has
> > already been publicly admitted by the accused, and by their official
> > spokespersons and representatives before the entire world. Therefore,
we
> > expect justice to be done and for the tribunal to act in an exemplary,
> > speedy, and impartial manner.
> >
> >
> >
> > NAME ADDRESS SIGNATURE
> >
> >
> >
> > Please send to: Sam Perera & Co. Solicitors - 542B High Road -
Wembley -
> > Middlesex HA0 2AA - UK
> >
> >
> > To 'sign' an E-copy of this petition: Visit the Justice International US
> > Committee Web site at:
> >
> > http://www.go.to/justinusa
> >
> > And click the sign on line button
> >
> > Otherwise: You can return this form duly signed to
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > or
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________
> >
> > 2)
> > WAR CRIMES LAW APPLIES TO U.S. TOO
> > By Walter J. Rockler.*
> >
> > * Walter J. Rockler, a law partner with the well-known Washington law
firm
> > of Arnold and Porter, was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes
Trial.
> >
> > WASHINGTON -- As justification for our murderously destructive bombing
> > campaign in Yugoslavia, it is of course necessary for the U.S. to charge
> > that the Serbs have engaged in inhuman conduct, and that President
Slobodan
> > Milosevic, the head Serb demon, is a war criminal almost without peer.
> >
> > President Clinton assures us of this in frequent briefings, during which
he
> > engages in rhetorical combat with Milosevic. But shouting "war criminal"
> > only emphasises that those who live in glass houses should be careful
about
> > throwing stones.
> >
> > We have engaged in a flagrant military aggression, ceaselessly attacking
a
> > small country primarily to demonstrate that we run the world. The
rationale
> > that we are simply enforcing international morality, even if it were
true,
> > would not excuse the military aggression and widespread killing that it
> > entails. It also does not lessen the culpability of the authors of this
> > aggression.
> >
> > As a primary source of international law, the judgement of the Nuremberg
> > Tribunal in the 1945-1946 case of the major Nazi war criminals is plain
and
> > clear. Our leaders often invoke and praise that judgement, but obviously
> > have not read it. The International Court declared: To initiate a war of
> > aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime, it is the
> > supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that
it
> > contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.
> >
> > At Nuremberg, the United States and Britain pressed the prosecution of
Nazi
> > leaders for planning and initiating aggressive war. Supreme Court
Justice
> > Robert Jackson, the head of the American prosecution staff, asserted
"that
> > launching a war of aggression is a crime and that no political or
economic
> > situation can justify it." He also declared that "if certain acts in
> > violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United
States
> > does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay
down
> > a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing
to
> > have invoked against us."
> >
> > The United Nations Charter views aggression similarly. Articles 2 (4)
and
> > (7) prohibit interventions in the domestic jurisdiction of any country
and
> > threats of force or the use of force by one state against another. The
> > General Assembly of the UN in Resolution 2131, "Declaration on the
> > Inadmissibility of Intervention," reinforced the view that a forceful
> > military intervention in any country is aggression and a crime without
> > justification.
> >
> > Putting a "NATO" label on aggressive policy and conduct does not give
that
> > conduct any sanctity. This is simply a perversion of the North Atlantic
> > Treaty Organisation, formed as a defensive alliance under the UN
Charter.
> > The North Atlantic Treaty pledged its signatories to refrain from the
> > threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of
the
> > United Nations, and it explicitly recognised "the primary responsibility
of
> > the Security Council (of the United Nations) for the maintenance of
> > international peace and security." Obviously, in bypassing UN approval
for
> > the current bombing, the U.S. and NATO have violated this basic
obligation.
> >
> > >From another standpoint of international law, the current conduct of
the
> > bombing by the United States and NATO constitutes a continuing war
crime.
> > Contrary to the beliefs of our war planners, unrestricted air bombing is
> > barred under international law. Bombing the "infrastructure" of a
country--
> > waterworks, electricity plants, bridges, factories, television and radio
> > locations--is not an attack limited to legitimate military objectives.
Our
> > bombing has also caused an excessive loss of life and injury to
civilians,
> > which violates another standard. We have now killed hundreds, if not
> > thousands, of Serbs, Montenegrins and Albanians, even some Chinese, in
our
> > pursuit of humanitarian ideals.
> >
> > In addition to shredding the UN Charter and perverting the purpose of
NATO,
> > Clinton also has violated at least two provisions of the United States
> > Constitution. Under Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, Congress,
> > not the president, holds the power to declare war and to punish offences
> > against the law of nations. Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist No. 69
> > pointed out one difference between a monarchy and the presidency under
the
> > new form of government: A king could use his army as he pleased; the
> > president would have no such unlimited power. Under Article VI of the
> > Constitution, treaties, far from being mere scraps of paper as we now
deem
> > them to be, are part of the supreme law of the United States. Of course,
> > these days a supine Congress, fascinated only by details of sexual
> > misconduct, can hardly be expected to enforce constitutional
requirements.
> >
> > Nor can a great deal be expected from the media. Reporters rely on the
> > controlled handouts of the State Department, Pentagon and NATO, seeing
> > their duty as one of adding colourful details to official intimations of
> > Serb atrocities. Thus, the observation of a NATO press relations officer
> > that a freshly plowed field, seen from 30,000 feet up, might be the site
of
> > a massacre has been disseminated as news.
> >
> > The notion that humanitarian violations can be redressed with random
> > destruction and killing by advanced technological means is inherently
> > suspect. This is mere pretext for our arrogant assertion of dominance
and
> > power in defiance of international law. We make the non-negotiable
demands
> > and rules, and implement them by military force. It is all remindful of
> > Henrik Ibsen's "Don't use that foreign word `ideals.' We have that
> > excellent native word `lies'."
> >
> > Chicago Tribune, 23 May 1999.
> >
> > Republished by: Justin (Justice International)
> > _____________________________
> >
> > 3)
> >
> > WHO IS JUSTIN?
> >
> >
> > We are Justice International - Justin for short. We stand for Justice
Fair
> > and Equal for All Peoples and Nations. We are currently engaged in a
> > campaign to demand Justice for the People of Yugoslavia. We demand: 1)
> > Indictment of all those who may be responsible for crimes against the
> > people of all nationalities in Yugoslavia. 2) Justice and full
compensation
> > for all the victims and damage inflicted during the recent war. Our
> > organisation has collected tens of thousands of witness statements
> > regarding the commission of war crimes. This is a world-wide citizens'
> > petition directed to the International War Crimes Tribunal of the United
> > Nations in The Hague. From that Tribunal we demand full, fair and
unbiased
> > application of international law, the United Nations Charter, and
> > particularly, of the Nuremberg Trials criteria, for all war crimes
> > committed within the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
> > including Kosovo by any parties whatsoever.
> >
> > According to the criteria established at the 1945-46 Nuremberg Trials of
> > the Nazi war criminals, the main culprits for all the war crimes
committed
> > in Yugoslavia are William Jefferson Clinton and Anthony Blair. They are
> > responsible, together with all other NATO leaders, foreign and defence
> > ministers, and all other officials and individuals involved in the
> > launching of the recent war of aggression.
> >
> > The Judgement of the International Court at Nuremberg declared: "To
> > initiate a war of aggression.. is the supreme international crime,
> > differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself
the
> > accumulated evil of the whole".
> >
> > Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson - the Chief American Prosecutor at
> > Nuremberg - put this even more clearly: "Launching a war of aggression
is a
> > crime that no political or economic situation can justify". Justice
> > Jackson stated: ".. if certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes,
> > they are crimes whether the United States does them or Germany does
them....
>
> > we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against
others
> > which we would not be willing to have invoked against us".
> >
> > The NATO media which is today continuing its aggression by bombing the
> > Yugoslav people with spurious - even racist - allegations has not even
> > bothered to read the Judgement at Nuremberg it so frequently and
vulgarly
> > invokes. NATO is now trying vainly to justify its own conduct by
shifting
> > its own responsibilities for all the crimes committed in Yugoslavia
during
> > its war of aggression on to others. However, as the text of the
Nuremberg
> > Judgement itself makes plain, even the crimes charged against the
Milosevic
> > regime, fall in fact squarely into NATO's own sphere of legal
> > responsibility. As the initiators of aggression in this war, NATO's
actions
> > cannot be justified by any political or economic situation whatsoever,
as
> > stated by the Judgement at Nuremberg.
> >
> > We welcome the indictments so far handed down by the United Nations War
> > Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia, including the indictment of President
> > Milosevic and others. We think that nothing can justify the wilful
> > violation of the laws of war, and that no one, however high the office
> > he/she occupies, or the nation he/she may belong to, should be above the
> > law.
> >
> > However, we demand that this tribunal should act fairly and
consistently.
> > That this Tribunal should proceed forthwith to indict principally, also
the
> > politicians, officials, journalists, military chiefs, etc., of NATO, and
> > all others responsible of what the Tribunal at Nuremberg establishes as
> > "the supreme war crime containing within itself all others":
Warmongering
> > and the launching of war of aggression.
> >
> > IF YOU SHARE THESE PRINCIPLES, AND HAVE A GRAIN OF SAND TO CONTRIBUTE IN
> > BUILDING A JUST WORLD ORDER, THEN JUSTIN IS YOU!
> >
> > Help develop Justin's campaign: "Justice for the People of Yugoslavia",
> > contact, in London: [log in to unmask] : 0181 672 6708 in Scotland,
> > Alessandra: [log in to unmask] : 0131 556 4370 - in USA, (Rhode Island
> > Justin Committee), Louis Godena ([log in to unmask]): (401) 334 -
4296 -
> > cell phone (508) 930 - 7079. Charlotte Kates ([log in to unmask]), Jay
Miles:
> > [log in to unmask], Canada: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > 4)
> >
> > THIS IS A BRIEF APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FROM ALL THOSE WHO APPRECIATE THE
> > IMPORTANCE OF OUR SERVICE. ALL FUNDS GO TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP
JUSTICE
> > INTERNATIONAL INTO A GENUINE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN ALL LEVELS AND
> > CIRCUMSTANCES.
> >
> > There are a number of ways you can help the work of Justice
International:
> >
> > 1) By becoming more closely associated with Justin and subscribing to
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> > the Quarterly Bulletin which is under preparation.
> >
> > 2) By sending a direct donation to:
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> > 3) By accessing the Justice International US Committee WEB site at:
> >
> > http://www.go.to/justinusa
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://members.xoom.com/justinusa/
> >
> > and clicking then into the amazon.com icon you will find there.
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> > you intend to purchase any books, software, music (CDs, etc), videos,
> > computers or peripherals, gifts, office equipment, or any other of the
> > immense variety of E-commerce offerings offered by this leading company,
> > remember that going to amazon.com passing first through the Justin Web
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> > contributed to the economy of Justice International, which must be
> > maintained totally dependent on the people, and the people alone.
> >
> > In the very near future, Justice International will establish its own
> > bookshop that may be accessed in the same manner. There we shall place
an
> > electronic selection of recommended articles, books, videos, etc.
available
> > through amazon.com. However, here the percentage going to Justin will
> > increase to 15%. Also, a link to the German and UK sites of amazon.com
in
> > the same terms should be established soon, for those who would prefer to
> > make their purchases closer to home.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your patience and attention, and our apologies
> > again for this long but necessary posting.
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > Justice International Secretariat
> >
> >
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