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Judge wants to question U.S. troops on Iraq deaths
Reuters ^
| 6/7/05
| Daniel Trotta
Posted on 06/07/2005 10:48:22 AM PDT by calex59
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish judge wants to question three U.S. soldiers as suspects in the death of a Spanish cameraman who was killed when a U.S. tank fired on a hotel housing foreign journalists during the 2003 assault on Baghdad.
"It would be a very, very cold day in hell before that would ever happen," said a State Department official, who asked not to be named.
The Pentagon has found no fault with the soldiers, but High Court Judge Santiago Pedraz wants to question the three men who were in the tank, a court official said on Tuesday.
Telecinco cameraman Jose Couso and Reuters cameraman Taras Protsiuk died and several other people were injured by a shell fired on the Palestine Hotel in the Iraqi capital on April 8, 2003, in the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: american; iraq; journalist; judge; palestinehotel; spainish; troops
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Read the rest of it, although this tells the whole story. Love the comment by the unnamed State Department official.
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:48:23 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
Fransisco Franco is still dead.
To: calex59
"It would be a very, very cold day in hell before that would ever happen," said a State Department official, Shocking, coming from State.
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:50:51 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: calex59
What part of "NO" does this clown judge not understand?
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:51:11 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(I am a - 40-something White, Republican and proud of it!)
To: calex59
"It would be a very, very cold day in hell before that would ever happen," said a State Department official, who asked not to be named. Looks like some Bush appointees are finally starting to bubble up to the top positions.
About time.
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:52:10 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Fierce Allegiance; calex59
My thoughts exactly. That is really tough language considering the source.
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:52:46 AM PDT
by
zip
(Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 48% of Americans (NRA))))
To: calex59
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:53:16 AM PDT
by
tarator
To: calex59
I believe the term "Go Pack Sand" applies here!
}^)
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:55:53 AM PDT
by
The SISU kid
(Think of me what you will, I've found a little void to fill)
To: calex59
"It would be a very, very cold day in hell before that would ever happen," said a State Department official, who asked not to be named. excellent retort, should have been the official response.
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:56:23 AM PDT
by
WoodstockCat
(W2 !!! Four more Years!!)
To: tarator
Yeah, it reminds me of that famous statement also!
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:56:31 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
"It would be a very, very cold day in hell before that would ever happen," said a State Department official, Omigosh, someone with some backbone at State? Would they consider a Senate race to replace one of the seven Senators I hope will be leaving in the next election?
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:58:20 AM PDT
by
Reagan is King
(Never go to a gun fight with a handgun that uses ammo that doesn't start with a "4")
To: calex59
El hombre español salta en el lago!
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:58:51 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: WoodstockCat
excellent retort, should have been the official response. Yes, I wish the guy would have let them name him, but I guess discretion is the better part of valor!
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posted on
06/07/2005 10:59:43 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:00:40 AM PDT
by
ElPatriota
(Let's not forget, we are all still friends despite our differences)
To: calex59
In the words of a great American general "Nuts!!"
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:02:59 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: calex59
Fine, put on your flak jacket and head to Iraq.
To: BulletBobCo
And valiantly holding ON to death! Bueno!
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:05:49 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("Anyone can see what's wrong, but can you see what's right?" -Winston Churchill)
To: Mikey_1962
Fine, put on your flak jacket and head to Iraq. The reason I should go to Iraq is why??? Hopefully you are talking about the Spanish Judge, not me.
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:07:30 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
This particular judge is a mental case. He believes his jurisdiction extends to the entire world, and the entire world must bow to his authority.
He is the guy who went after Pinochet of Chile, issuing his warrant from a Spanish court, and serving it on him in Britain. He ignored Castro, unsurprisingly, who was visiting Spain, actually on Spanish territory, at the time.
I say we laugh at the guy, and anyone who takes him seriously.
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:09:39 AM PDT
by
marron
To: calex59
What is to say it was not Sec. Rice who said it?
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posted on
06/07/2005 11:10:47 AM PDT
by
Cap Huff
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