SA group fails in Obama arrest application

Mohamed Hussain Vawda, of the Society for the Protection of our Constitution, said he had brought charges against Obama for war crimes and crimes against humanity.Meanwhile, the Muslim Lawyers' Association (MLA) made an urgent application to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria yesterday for Obama's arrest, but the application was dismissed.Vawda said his organisation had taken a different route to that of the MLA."There are so many groups of people opposing this visit... and the conduct of Obama," he said.

In an affidavit stamped by the Barberton police, Vawda claimed Obama was directly and indirectly responsible for killing and injuring more than 3,000 people, including women and 176 children, in countries which "have been no threat to the US", such as Pakistan and Syria.