by Jerry Schmidt
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001 at 1:41 AM
jschmidt66@earthlink.net
In England, the only major nation fully backing the war,
resistance is now rapidly growing. In Viet Nam it was years before allied resistance reached this leval!
Michael White and Lucy Ward
Tuesday October 23, 2001
The Guardian
Labour critics of Tony Blair's Afghan bombing strategy last night launched a new political offensive to widen public debate when they demanded the setting up of a special international court, including Islamic judges, to try Osama bin Laden if he can be captured alive.
On the eve of tomorrow's attempt to launch a Labour against the War group, over 40 MPs signed a Commons motion urging the creation of a UN security council-backed court along the lines of the Hague and Arusha courts which are trying genocide allegations in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
The move came as Downing Street distanced itself from the heavy-handed warning against dissent given to the Labour MP, Paul Marsden, by the chief whip, Hilary Armstrong, even as Mr Blair's spokesman also declined to endorse President Bush's reported consent to the CIA to assassinate the "prime suspect" in the September 11 atrocity conspiracy.
A court to try Bin Laden and others would "clearly signal to the international community that the pursuit of those responsible for these atrocities is an international endeavour on a judicial basis and that the atrocities are criminal in nature and should not be dignified as an act of war," the backbench motion argues.
Original: GROWING BRITISH RESISTANCE TO WAR