ABCNews: US Group to file War Crimes Charges in Germany

Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:18 PM
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ABCNews: US Group to file War Crimes Charges in Germany

Nov 29, 2004 - BERLIN (Reuters) - Lawyers acting for a U.S. advocacy group will Tuesday file war crimes charges in Germany against senior U.S. administration officials for their alleged role in torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

"German law in this area is leading the world," Peter Weiss, vice president of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a human rights group, was quoted as saying in Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper's Tuesday edition.

According to the group, German law allows war criminals to be investigated wherever they may be living.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=290019

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goodboy

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:20 PM
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1. I guess the shit is about to hit the fan then...unfortunately, BushCo will

probably get away with this, just like they get away with everything else. But I support the CCR fully in this matter.

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PartyPooper

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:21 PM
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2. Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, and Junior all belong in the Hague.

Bring it on!

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rfranklin

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:21 PM
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3. This is exactly why they wanted no part of the World Court...

They knew they would be at risk from Day One.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:26 PM
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5. Well, considering I am not a lawyer and do not play on on TV...

I figure charges are filed, then an investigation leading to either a bill or no-bill of indictment takes place.

This could take years. There is also a real chance that the charges will not be accepted.

But if a bill of indictment is handed down, the countries that a hell of a lot of people in the admin can travel to all of a sudden gets real small.

You see, there are these things called "treaties"...

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wurzel

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:24 PM
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4. I guess this will be on Fox News tomorrow morning!

Can't you just see it?

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BeHereNow

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Mon Nov-29-04 11:45 PM
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6. EXCUSE ME???

Julia Roberts just had TWINS!
Now why would Faux-Snooze bother with this little
story when one of the icons of the SICK-Assed
culture we live in wants to hear about JULIA?
sarcasm, of course, off.
BHN

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othermeans

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Tue Nov-30-04 01:08 AM
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7. Anybody familiar with international law?Does this mean anywhere in the EU

Bush and whoever else they indict can be arrested and held? Of course if the charges stick.

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alexisfree

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:19 AM
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8. Why cant a police dept in anytown Bush sets foot in and arrest bush

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 02:20 AM by alexisfree

on war crimes? and crimes agains humanity? It would be interested for local police to bust in on a meeting and say we have a warrant for your arrest for war crimes and for violation of the Geneva Convention..WOuldnt that be something especialiy on natinal tv. Oh well we can only dream

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passy

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:43 AM
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9. diplomatic immunity

I think that i remember that in Belgium you can also arrest foreign nationals accused of war-crimes or crimes against humanity but I'm not sure how diplomatic immunity works in these circumstances.
I remember a few years back that Mugabe was visiting Belgium and the authorities were saying that there was no way they were gonna arrest him, even he had been found guilty of some crime against his own people.
And then there is the case of Pinochet who had a nice little holiday in England before being sent back to Chile without ever being confronted by a judge.

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anarchy1999

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Tue Nov-30-04 04:48 AM
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10. I think you may have a dupe going here......

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 04:51 AM by anarchy1999

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1029981

n/t

my post in above is, can we get together and file a case here in the US?

on edit: we've been duped again:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1029935

We are way behind the curve.......

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