Obama sending 5 US military officers with immunity from ICC to S. Sudan
Obama issued a memorandum Tuesday declaring that the U.S. officers could not be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court. Officers will be armed for 'personal protection.' - President Barack Obama is sending five American military officers to South Sudan. The White House said the U.S. forces will join the United Nations mission in the capital of Juba and focus on strategic planning and operations. Obama issued a memorandum Tuesday declaring that the U.S. officers could not be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court during their deployment because South Sudan is not a party to the ICC. The first of the small group of U.S. forces is expected to depart for South Sudan later this week.
John Glaser: Obama’s Military Incursions Across Africa Lie Under the Radar - In the Obama administration’s “new-and-improved” covert war on terror, Africa is front and center. From the Atlantic shore across the Sahara to the Red Sea, the U.S. has deployed Marines and is militarily assisting a spate of African tyrannies engaged in warfare. Murky notions of al Qaeda-like enemies color the stated mission, but these expansions of empire into Africa are mostly secret.