Here's the article:

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites) announced agreements with another four countries to exempt Americans from prosecution by the International Criminal Court, which it staunchly opposes.

The 1998 Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court has been ratified by 90 countries, but the court faces opposition from the United States. Bush administration officials fear that Americans, particularly soldiers abroad, could fall victim to politically motivated prosecutions.

The Bush administration has signed bilateral treaties with more than three dozen countries that have agreed not to hand over American citizens to the court.

The latest, according to a statement released by the White House on Tuesday, are Belize, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Panama, and Fiji.

Non-governmental organizations have complained that the United States has pushed countries into signing the deals by saying it will otherwise withhold humanitarian aid or military support or even by blocking NATO (news - web sites) membership.

And here's the link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...tional_court_1

I tried to find GW Bush's reasons for not signing this treaty and found this on the Whitehouse official website - quote:
"You know, as the United States works to bring peace around the world, our diplomats and our soldiers could be drug into this court and that's a very troubling - very troubling to me."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0020702-1.html

I'm out of words.

Ponrauil