Who wants to see Jan Fermon, the Belgian Commie who "sued" Gen. Tommy Franks???

No wonder he's a "lawyer".

1 posted on 05/14/2003 4:23:55 PM PDT by El Conservador

To: El Conservador

I'll bet he's gay, too.

2 posted on 05/14/2003 4:24:55 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)

To: El Conservador

He looks rather pleased with himself. The idiot, he thinks a Belgium court will really make his 15 minutes of fame.

3 posted on 05/14/2003 4:30:36 PM PDT by xJones

To: El Conservador

Looks like Larry Klayman

4 posted on 05/14/2003 4:40:46 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Freedom is Ringing)

Looks like Larry Klayman

Let's wish him all the same success!

5 posted on 05/14/2003 4:42:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (V-Twin mind with a Moped modem....)

To: Tijeras_Slim

This guy is way more successful than Klayman, Jan Fermon has actually argued a case or two. Klayman is still waiting for that magical day :-)

6 posted on 05/14/2003 4:44:51 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Freedom is Ringing)

This is from Germany's "Spiegel" today.

Proceedings Against U.S. General Franks

"A very, very serious situation"

17 Iraqis and two Jordanians have undertaken proceedings in the Belgian justice system against the commander-in-chief of the U.S. troops in the Iraq war, General Tommy Franks. The plaintiffs accuse him of war crimes. The case strains the relations between the USA and Belgium.

REUTERS

Franks: Proceedings because of war crimes?

Brussels - The lawyer and politico Jan Fermon presented the proceedings against Franks and another U.S. officer to the Brussels prosecuting attorney's office on Wednesday. "This isn't a symbolic action, my clients want an independent investigation of the events", said Fermon, who wants to gain a parliament seat for a smaller left oriented party in the election next Sunday.

Among the Iraqi plaintiffs are people who were shot at or bombarded in the war, additionally, the widow and the father of the Arab Al-Jazeera journalist who was killed.

The Brussels complaint has strained Belgium's relations with the USA once again. Highly ranked representatives of the USA indirectly placed the NATO location in Belgian national territory in question. U.S. general chief of staff Richard Myers said at a visit in the Brussels NATO headquarters: "This is a very, very serious situation."

Basis for the complaint is a Belgian law which makes the punishment of war crimes possible worldwide. The law had recently been changed by the Belgian parliament under pressure from the American government, though. Now it is hardly possible any more to sue citizens of a democratic country in Belgium.

Since the charges don't have any connection to Belgium, the Belgian general attorney must first decide on the admissibility of the complaint. If he decides that it is warranted, the Belgian government can pass on legal action, under the changed Belgian genocide law, to the international criminal court in The Hague or to U.S. justice.

"Die Spiegel"..05/14/2003.."Eine sehr, sehr ernste Situation"...

Translated by longjack

7 posted on 05/14/2003 4:45:41 PM PDT by longjack

Yes, but has he sued his own mother? :-D

8 posted on 05/14/2003 4:46:01 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (V-Twin mind with a Moped modem....)

Klayman is still waiting for that magical day :-)

I looked at JW web page this week. Larry looks like he has cancer or something. The incredible shrinking man.

10 posted on 05/14/2003 4:46:34 PM PDT by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)

To: El Conservador

Nice choice of shirt color..... it won't showt blood stains.

11 posted on 05/14/2003 4:47:36 PM PDT by bert (Don't Panic !)

These people in Belgium need to take the crack pipe out of their mouths and stick to kissing up to the French

12 posted on 05/14/2003 4:48:41 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Freedom is Ringing)

Donations are down and he is on a hunger strike :-)

13 posted on 05/14/2003 4:49:28 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Freedom is Ringing)

To: El Conservador

(Lawyers) Separated at Birth?

14 posted on 05/14/2003 4:56:18 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh

To: El Conservador

Rule #1:

No pooftas!!!

15 posted on 05/14/2003 4:56:34 PM PDT by TomB

Thanks again for your translation abilities. I don't suppose Fermon would care to take on Castro or Mugabe, no, he has an agenda. But if Fermon really had courage, he'd take on Gen. Franks' Commander in Chief.

16 posted on 05/14/2003 4:56:44 PM PDT by xJones

These people in Belgium need to take the crack pipe out of their mouths and stick to kissing up to the French

There must also be some scientific name for the condition of a country thinking they're more important than they really are.

longjack

17 posted on 05/14/2003 4:56:54 PM PDT by longjack

I don't get it. Who cares what he looks like? Are we supposed to make jokes about his appearance? Is this what a conservative forum to discuss issues is all about?

Well, if DUmmies can make fun of conservatives, why not make fun of one of them, even if he's not American???

18 posted on 05/14/2003 4:57:27 PM PDT by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)

To: El Conservador

He looks like a lot of guys around Northeast Wisconsin. Then again, we have one of the largest concentrations of Belgians in the US--and the ones I know are very embarassed at the country of their ancestors.

19 posted on 05/14/2003 5:00:18 PM PDT by Catspaw

There must also be some scientific name for the condition of a country thinking they're more important than they really are.

de Gaulle Stones

20 posted on 05/14/2003 5:00:33 PM PDT by TomB

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