Talk about big disappointments: the military command is failing big time to investigate war crimes.

So.., everyone and her sister should write to the U.N. to request a War Crime Commission.

Your letter might read:

Name:
Address:
Tele:

Commission/Sub-Commission Team (1503 Procedure)
Support Services Branch
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 91 79011
E-mail: 1503.hchr@unog.ch

To the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

The fact that ninety-eight percent of Iraq is off limits to journalists (Dexter Filkins, The New York Times) helps explain why it's only now becoming common knowledge how the U.S. Military Authorities are entirely failing to investigate alleged war crimes there. The only exceptions being cases where intense public pressure compels an investigation. Thus, in accordance with Procedure 1503, thus I'm requesting a United Nations War Crime investigation.

On the one hand, Amal Kadham, a female lawyer who represented woman detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, recently went public with her allegations that unchecked sexual assaults by military personnel happen regularly in her country, while on the other hand, it would be simple to canvas Iraq by telephone, and also to implement a contact number for reporting incidents, with a mass mailing to distribute it.

Iraqis could call the U.N. in order to spur an Iraqi police response (following the conflict, when the forces withdraw from the civilian area).

And if this proves ineffective, instead of a deaf ear at least a U.N. representive would be at hand to document the failure...

Dated:______________Signed:________________