Argentine prosecutors consider charging Saudi prince with war crimes

[southernhybrid]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/americas/argentina-crown-prince-mohammed-saudi-arabia.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

BUENOS AIRES — Argentine authorities are looking into possible criminal charges against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia as he prepares to attend an international summit meeting of world leaders this week in Buenos Aires, officials involved in the inquiry said.

The inquiry, centering on allegations of war crimes during the Saudi-led military intervention in neighboring Yemen, is the most significant test yet of Prince Mohammed’s ability to move past the international uproar that has surrounded him since the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and Washington Post columnist.

The Khashoggi case, too, is expected to be part of the inquiry as well as allegations of torture in Saudi Arabia.

The investigation in Argentina, initiated by a complaint lodged by Human Rights Watch, the advocacy group, is in its early stages, and diplomatic or other kinds of immunity may ultimately shield the prince from any potential charges. Argentine officials called it extremely unlikely that the inquiry might produce an arrest warrant before the gathering, which is set to begin on Friday.

Meanwhile, Trump isn't concerned about any of the horrific things that have been done by the Saudis. Will Argentina take the lead on this?

The law in Argentina is unusually favorable for bringing international human rights cases because of the legacy of the country’s transition from a military dictatorship. During the military’s rule from 1976 to 1983, some 30,000 people were killed or disappeared. Argentina’s own immunity laws were overturned in the early 2000s, and its prosecutors have since charged thousands with human rights violations committed under military rule.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

Isn't jurisdiction an issue? Is there any connection between what happened and Argentina?

 

[untermensche]

Isn't jurisdiction an issue? Is there any connection between what happened and Argentina?

This is just people doing what is right.

Unlike Trump and the US.

 

[dismal]

Isn't jurisdiction an issue? Is there any connection between what happened and Argentina?

This is just people doing what is right.

Unlike Trump and the US.

And you, unless you charged the Saudi Prince with war crimes and I missed it.

 

[untermensche]

Isn't jurisdiction an issue? Is there any connection between what happened and Argentina?

This is just people doing what is right.

Unlike Trump and the US.

And you, unless you charged the Saudi Prince with war crimes and I missed it.

Oh I have.

And I've charged him with murder too.

My jurisdiction is a little smaller than Argentina's.

 

[dismal]

And you, unless you charged the Saudi Prince with war crimes and I missed it.

Oh I have.

And I've charged him with murder too.

My jurisdiction is a little smaller than Argentina's.

I'm not sure your jurisdiction is smaller than Argentina's. Outside Argentina.

But, since I did miss it, can you repost where you made these charges? The grand jury transcript would be fine.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I also found him guilty and ordered him to pay me a fine of $100 million - I'm still waiting for the cheque and may need to start charging him interest. Also, he has been sentenced to exile, so MBS will no longer be welcomed into my house.

 

[dismal]

I also found him guilty and ordered him to pay me a fine of $100 million - I'm still waiting for the cheque and may need to start charging him interest. Also, he has been sentenced to exile, so MBS will no longer be welcomed into my house.

Congratulation on doing what is right.

You serve as a beacon to rightness and a standard of rightitude in these times.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I also found him guilty and ordered him to pay me a fine of $100 million - I'm still waiting for the cheque and may need to start charging him interest. Also, he has been sentenced to exile, so MBS will no longer be welcomed into my house.

Congratulation on doing what is right.

You serve as a beacon to rightness and a standard of rightitude in these times.

The Court of Tom Sawyer does not not need praise for simply doing our job. You are hereby fined $200 for trying to curry favour with us.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

Did you know that two post-Rome states in what is now Italy went to war because one of them took a simple wooden bucket from a well of the other? Over 2,000 people died in that war.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Did you know that two post-Rome states in what is now Italy went to war because one of them took a simple wooden bucket from a well of the other? Over 2,000 people died in that war.

OK, but did they get the bucket back?

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

Did you know that two post-Rome states in what is now Italy went to war because one of them took a simple wooden bucket from a well of the other? Over 2,000 people died in that war.

OK, but did they get the bucket back?

No! The bucket takers won the war. And the bucket is still on display in a cathedral there.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Did you know that two post-Rome states in what is now Italy went to war because one of them took a simple wooden bucket from a well of the other? Over 2,000 people died in that war.

OK, but did they get the bucket back?

No! The bucket takers won the war. And the bucket is still on display in a cathedral there.

Good thing too. Fucking fascists trying to tell people who can or cannot use a bucket.

 

[dismal]

No! The bucket takers won the war. And the bucket is still on display in a cathedral there.

Good thing too. Fucking fascists trying to tell people who can or cannot use a bucket.

Seems like the bucket would have gotten more use if they'd left it in the well than displayed it in a cathedral.

 

[untermensche]

And you, unless you charged the Saudi Prince with war crimes and I missed it.

Oh I have.

And I've charged him with murder too.

My jurisdiction is a little smaller than Argentina's.

I'm not sure your jurisdiction is smaller than Argentina's. Outside Argentina.

But, since I did miss it, can you repost where you made these charges? The grand jury transcript would be fine.

I have no grand juries at my disposal.

I filed the charges here in my home. The extent of my jurisdiction.

And if that Prince comes here I will arrest him. Unless he is stronger than me or has some help.

 

[dismal]

I'm not sure your jurisdiction is smaller than Argentina's. Outside Argentina.

But, since I did miss it, can you repost where you made these charges? The grand jury transcript would be fine.

I have no grand juries at my disposal.

I filed the charges here in my home. The extent of my jurisdiction.

And if that Prince comes here I will arrest him. Unless he is stronger than me or has some help.

Well, good luck if he shows up. Didn't work out so well for the last guy.

 

[Elixir]

I'm not sure your jurisdiction is smaller than Argentina's. Outside Argentina.

But, since I did miss it, can you repost where you made these charges? The grand jury transcript would be fine.

I have no grand juries at my disposal.

I filed the charges here in my home. The extent of my jurisdiction.

And if that Prince comes here I will arrest him. Unless he is stronger than me or has some help.

Well, good luck if he shows up. Didn't work out so well for the last guy.

He didn't show up there either.
I have issued my own indictment of the scumbag, and this is it. <$0.02, minus inflation>

 

[untermensche]

I'm not sure your jurisdiction is smaller than Argentina's. Outside Argentina.

But, since I did miss it, can you repost where you made these charges? The grand jury transcript would be fine.

I have no grand juries at my disposal.

I filed the charges here in my home. The extent of my jurisdiction.

And if that Prince comes here I will arrest him. Unless he is stronger than me or has some help.

Well, good luck if he shows up. Didn't work out so well for the last guy.

So your stupidity ends.

 

[dismal]

Well, good luck if he shows up. Didn't work out so well for the last guy.

So your stupidity ends.

I'm not the one sitting at home in my underwear charging Saudi princes with murder.

 

[untermensche]

Well, good luck if he shows up. Didn't work out so well for the last guy.

So your stupidity ends.

I'm not the one sitting at home in my underwear charging Saudi princes with murder.

No.

You are sitting without any underwear thinking the US president has no power to do something here.