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To: one_less who wrote (216407)2/5/2007 5:24:00 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
I am still not clear on what gives them jurisdiction over the US...

Nothing.

We are not signatories to the treaty establishing the ICJ. Hence, we are not bound by it. Any prosecution of a US citizen under its provisions would violate basic principles of international law.