After what I had to say
the other day the news that both sides in the Libyan revolution, civil war or whatever we're going to call it, plus NATO, are going to be
investigated for war crimes doesn't really require much in the way of comment.
NATO forces are to be investigated by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes during the Libyan conflict.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the court’s chief prosecutor, told the United Nations yesterday that Nato troops would be investigated alongside rebel soldiers and regime forces for alleged breaches of the laws of war during the battle to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi.
As well as the original charges that Gaddafi and his close family perpetrated attacks on Libyan civilians, there are a series of complaints about the Western alliance and its allies in the National Transitional Council (NTC) under consideration.
“There are allegations of crimes committed by Nato forces, allegations of crimes committed by NTC-related forces … as well as allegations of additional crimes committed by pro-Gaddafi forces,” said Mr Moreno-Ocampo. “`These allegations will be examined impartially and independently by the prosecution.”
The only person who's coming out of this looking better than before he went in is ol' Muammar Gaddafi himself, and even that's only because he's more popular dead than alive. It's not the only bit of good news for him either.
Charges against Gaddafi could be formally dropped when the court gets official proof of the former dictator’s death on Oct 20, the prosecutor said.
'Could' be dropped? Christ on skates, only 'could' be?