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U.N. Passes Deal on War Crimes Court (EDITH M. LEDERER, Jul. 12, 2002, Associated Press)

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to exempt U.S. peacekeepers from war crimes prosecution for a year Friday, ending threats to U.N. peacekeeping operations.

The vote culminated one of the most contentious disputes between the United States and its closest allies as well as countries around the world that support the International Criminal Court.

"It offers us a degree of protection for the coming year," said U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte. But he warned that it was only "a first step" and the U.S. government would never permit the detention of any American by the court.

Looks like the brother-in-law gets his $10k. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 13, 2002 7:12 AM