the Sugar Conspiracy

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Martial law is for US to declare
The US-led occupation authority in Baghdad has warned Iraq's interim government not to carry out its threat of declaring martial law, insisting that only the US-led coalition has the right to adopt emergency powers after the June 30 handover of sovereignty.

Senior American officials say Iraq's authorities are bound by human rights clauses in the interim constitution, known as the Transitional Administrative Law, prohibiting administrative detention.

But they say the recent UN Security Council resolution 1546 sanctions the use by foreign forces in Iraq of "all necessary measures" to provide security.

Luckily, the US isn't bound by any of that human rights muckity-muck.

posted by chris at 3:23 PM
------------------

Blog - Info - Archive - Contact - Links
2005 © Designed by Chris. Take what you want.