Bush is now so freaked out about going to an International War Crimes Tribunal....he's muscling 50 NATIONS around the world who SUPPORT the international COURT and DO NOT see giving the US a get out of jail free card as something correct.....and indeed it is NOT....so what does Bushie do......?
Has a hissie fit and cuts off military funding.......he's SCARED!
U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Nearly 50 Countries
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday suspended
military assistance to nearly 50 countries, including Colombia and six
nations seeking NATO (news - web sites) membership, because they have
supported the International Criminal Court and failed to exempt Americans
from possible prosecution.
As the deadline passed for governments to sign exemption agreements or
face the suspension of military aid, President Bush (news - web sites)
issued waivers for 22 countries.
But the 22 countries did not include Colombia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Colombia, where the government is fighting leftist guerrillas and drug
traffickers, has been one of the largest recipients of U.S. military aid in the
world.
A U.S. official said that if countries had ratified the treaty setting up the
international court and had not received a waiver, the ban on military aid
would apply.
But the threat, enshrined in the American Service Members Protection Act
of 2002, does not apply to the 19 NATO members and to nine "major
non-NATO allies."
Based on the information initially available to Reuters, the countries subject
to the suspension of military aid are:
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Latvia,
Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay,
Venezuela and Zambia.
The countries which received presidential waivers are:
Albania, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Bolivia, Bosnia, Botswana,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, East Timor (news - web sites),
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Honduras, Macedonia, Mauritius, Mongolia,
Nigeria, Panama, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan and Uganda.
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