13.6.03
US threatens to boycott Belgium over war crimes law
More Rumsfeld diplomacy: America's lovable "defense" secretary warned Belgium to drop its law allowing war crimes prosecution or face a US boycott of the NATO headquarters in Brussels.Mr Rumsfeld condemned "divisive politicised lawsuits" such as the one threatening General Tommy Franks, the commander of US forces in Iraq.Politics turns up in the darndest places, doesn't it?