Source/Credit: The Telegraph | UK
By The Telegraph | July 19, 2011
A Spanish lawyer has formally accused Barack Obama of crimes against humanity for ordering the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Daniel Fiol lodged a written complaint at the International Criminal Court accusing the US president of breaching the Geneva Convention.
Navy Seals acting on Mr Obama's orders shot the al-Qaeda leader dead on May 2 after storming his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
In his written complaint, the Majorca-based lawyer said bin Laden should have been "pursued, arrested, tried and convicted" on behalf of "the victims of some terrible and appalling atrocities".
The killing of bin Laden was even worse as it took place in foreign territory, Pakistan, without the permission of that government, he said.
"I am not being paid by al-Qaeda," Mr Fiol joked.
Former prime minister Tony Blair has said he would not have hesitated to order the assassination of bin Laden if the decision had been his.
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