it seems that a prominent Belgian official is upset that a law used to charge Americans with war crimes is being used against him.

MSNBC: Belgian government falls foul of war crimes law used against Bush, Blair and from the Washington Post: Belgian Minister Accused in Nepal Sale

A small opposition party said it had filed a suit against Foreign Minister Louis Michel for authorizing a Belgian company to sell arms to Nepal. The New Flemish Alliance, a nationalist party from Belgium's Dutch-speaking north, alleged the sale made Michel an accomplice in human rights abuses by the Nepalese armed forces.

"The law says every collaboration with these crimes is a crime itself and should be punished in the same way," party spokesman Ben Weyts said. "The sentence for this crime is life in prison."

...

Michel, an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was furious about the allegations against him.

"This is extremely irresponsible. It's completely crazy and irrational," Michel told reporters at a European summit in Greece.

"It will ridicule Belgium on the world stage ... I'm accusing them of blackening our name."

I guess he doesn't like being held to the same standard that he applies to others. Boo freaking hoo.

One good thing is coming from this absurd law, (from MSNBC):

Reacting to earlier accusations against Iraq war commander Gen. Tommy Franks, Rumsfeld last week froze U.S. funding for the construction of a $352 million new NATO headquarters in the Belgian capital. He warned that American officials may stop coming to alliance meetings in Brussels altogether.

I've even heard of consideration of moving NATO headquarters out of Belgium, perhaps to a more logical location in one of the former Warsaw Pact countries.