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 |  U.S. contempt for the Rule of Law
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 |  Another fine example of U.S. contempt for the Rule of Law is
 |  how U.S. media ridiculed and derided the Judgment of the
 |  International Court of Justice.  The U.S. in the 80's gave
 |  substantial support to Saddam Hussein at the same time that
 |  he commited his worst crimes.  In the 80's the U.S. also
 |  fought a big war in Central America that left about 200,000
 |  tortured and mutilated dead, millions of orphans and
 |  refugees and four countries ravaged.  The U.S. was convicted
 |  by the International Court in Hague for International
 |  Terrorism -- for illegal use of violence in a sentence
 |  listing almost 300 reasons and 16 discrete decisions saying
 |  either that the U.S. are in the wrong or that the U.S. must
 |  make reparation for all injury caused to Nicaragua by the
 |  unlawful actions of the U.S. [ Case No 70 of 28th June 1986
 |  - Nicaragua -v- United States of America
 |  http://legal.lege.net/images/pdf/icj_19860627.pdf
 |  PDF format 137 pages ].  The U.S. ignored the judgment and
 |  instead increased the violence until the democratic
 |  Nicaraguan government eventually was overthrown.  The U.S.
 |  also blocked a Security Council resolution that would have
 |  declared that all countries must abide by international law.
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