The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant on Putin, what about Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

The two invasions—Russia's of Ukraine, and the United States' of Iraq—are linked.

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Russian President Vladimir Putin with charges of war crimes on March 17, 2023.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Presidential office of Russia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

March 20, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—Although the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court last week was welcome, there was a certain puzzlement about the actual crime he is being charged with.

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