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ZOT!! Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged War Crimes
Deutsche Welle

Posted on 12/06/2004 3:57:38 PM PST by AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

Alleging responsibility for war crimes and torture at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, a human rights group has filed a criminal complaint in Germany against US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top US officials.

The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Berlin's Republican Lawyers' Association said they and five Iraqi citizens mistreated by US soldiers were seeking a probe by German federal prosecutors of leading US policymakers.

They said they had chosen Germany because of its Code of Crimes Against International Law, introduced in 2002, which grants German courts universal jurisdiction in cases involving war crimes or crimes against humanity.

It also makes military or civilian commanders who fail to prevent their subordinates from committing such acts liable.

"No other place to go"

"We filed these cases here because there is simply no other place to go," CCR vice president Peter Weiss said in a statement, adding that the US Congress had "failed" to seriously investigate the abuses. "It is clear that the US government is not willing to open an investigation into these allegations against these officials."

The Center for Constitutional Rights noted that while several US soldiers were facing court martial for the abuse and sexual humiliation of prisoners at the US-run Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq, their superiors looked set to escape discipline.

The complaint names Rumsfeld, former CIA director George Tenet, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Steven Cambone, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, Brigadier General Janis L. Karpinski and other military officers who served in Iraq.

Five victims part of the case

"From Donald Rumsfeld on down, the political and military leaders in charge of Iraq policy must be investigated and held accountable," CCR president Michael Ratner said in a statement issued in Frankfurt, Germany.

The CCR said that the five Iraqis it was representing had been victims of mistreatment including electric shock, severe beatings, sleep and food deprivation and sexual abuse.

It noted that Sanchez and other officers involved in the case were based in Germany. Germany's federal prosecutor now has to decide whether the case warrants further investigation.

DW staff/AFP (win)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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I applaud the effort by the German citizens; however, undoubtably the effort will prove to be futile as America has simply declared itself above any global war tribunals. What exactly makes American soldiers more special than any of the others that lost their lives in Iraq. Oh yea, nothing! In any event, I found it amusing and its just one more nail in the world's condemnation of the regime in power in America. No, I'm not foreign. I am an upper class white male, certainly the group thats benefited the most from this chaos that is a presidency. Cheers all.
1 posted on 12/06/2004 3:57:39 PM PST by AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

Really. And who do the relatives of those beheaded by our enemies sue? Got any ideas? Or don't you care?


2 posted on 12/06/2004 3:59:19 PM PST by ariamne (reformed liberal)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat; Admin Moderator

C ya!


3 posted on 12/06/2004 3:59:22 PM PST by TheBigB (I sure could go for a charbroiled hamburger sammich and some french fried potatoes!)
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To: mhking; MeekOneGOP; Lady Jag; JoJo Gunn

Ping the VK's to come here.


4 posted on 12/06/2004 4:00:14 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Writers of hate GW/Christians/ Republicans Articles = GIM=GAY INFECTED MEDIOTS!)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat; Tijeras_Slim; Zavien Doombringer; Old Sarge

Welcome to Free Republic.

But don't get too comfortable; your stay will be short.


5 posted on 12/06/2004 4:01:03 PM PST by EggsAckley (...............stop unnecessary excerpting.................)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

Zot!


6 posted on 12/06/2004 4:01:48 PM PST by AlGone2001 (If liberals must lie to advance their agenda, why is liberalism good for me?)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
Thanks for submitting your photo!



7 posted on 12/06/2004 4:02:12 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Writers of hate GW/Christians/ Republicans Articles = GIM=GAY INFECTED MEDIOTS!)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
Listen troll, the point isn't that our soldiers are better than those of other countries ( even though that part is true ) but that our soldiers will be drug into these courts by any Clymer with an ax to grind against the US.
8 posted on 12/06/2004 4:02:14 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
Thank you for sharing that.

Did I beat the zot?

9 posted on 12/06/2004 4:02:29 PM PST by SmithL
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
*STAGE TWO MOONBAT ALERT*


10 posted on 12/06/2004 4:03:16 PM PST by Viking2002 (Taglines? Vikings don't need no steenkin' taglines..............)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

Gosh Senator Kerry,

I hadn't realized that you posted here.


11 posted on 12/06/2004 4:03:46 PM PST by Tahts-a-dats-ago
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

Come and get him........we are waiting for you......


12 posted on 12/06/2004 4:04:30 PM PST by marmar (Faith is a beautiful thing.....)
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To: SmithL
It looks like you did. The poster is still here but we're not done playing with it yet.
13 posted on 12/06/2004 4:04:37 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

14 posted on 12/06/2004 4:05:03 PM PST by rudypoot
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To: Grampa Dave

Now THAT's funny!! Great depiction of a DUmmy..


15 posted on 12/06/2004 4:05:18 PM PST by ariamne (reformed liberal)
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To: marmar; bad company

They opened the barn doors again come and see what crawled out......


16 posted on 12/06/2004 4:05:38 PM PST by marmar (Faith is a beautiful thing.....)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
What exactly makes American soldiers more special than any of the others that lost their lives in Iraq.

Being smart enough not to sign on to dumb treaties.

17 posted on 12/06/2004 4:05:45 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation.)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

We kicked Germany in the pants twice already.

Three times is a charm.


18 posted on 12/06/2004 4:05:52 PM PST by AlGone2001 (If liberals must lie to advance their agenda, why is liberalism good for me?)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat
Bush won....get over it.
19 posted on 12/06/2004 4:06:08 PM PST by EggsAckley (...............stop unnecessary excerpting.................)
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To: AMBIVILANCEkilledTHEcat

idiot


20 posted on 12/06/2004 4:06:10 PM PST by CasearianDaoist
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