Bush Sued in Chile Over Prisoner Abuse

coalition of small leftist political groups has sued President Bush and other U.S. government officials for the abuses against prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

The lawsuit was filed the Communist Party, the Humanist Party and Leftist Revolutionary Movement at the Santiago Court of Appeals, which did not immediately decide whether it will hear the case.

The action was widely considered symbolic. Supporters described it as an ``act of dignity'' that ``represents millions of Chileans who reject the violence and terrorism represented by the figure of Bush.''

Also mentioned in the law suit were Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Iraq Administrator Paul Bremer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4577840,00.html

Sami Ramadani
Wednesday October 27, 2004

The question is why the occupation authorities chose to
recognise the IFTU as the sole federation in Iraq. The answer is
that most IFTU leaders belong to the Iraqi Communist party,
which had a proud record under the British-imposed regime in
the 1950s and afterwards but which made the mistake of going
into government with Saddam's Ba'ath party in the 70s, and
since the early 90s has lost its bearings entirely. Within three
months of the invasion it switched its official policy to active
cooperation with the occupation when it joined Bremer's
governing council. Today the party has one senior and two junior
ministers in the longtime CIA asset Ayad Allawi's regime.
Allawi, himself a former senior Saddamist, also leads a
CIA-funded organisation, the Iraqi National Accord, composed of
former Saddam loyalists in the armed forces and security
services. These now control the key ministries of defence, the
interior and national security.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1336687,00.html

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,11660,1336969,00.html

Iraq expert Paul Bremer addresses Michiana
http://www.wndu.com/news/092004/news_37581.php

As for his political views, he made it clear that he is currently unemployed
and he no longer works for the U.S government :eyes:

Krongard said he was not surprised when Goss replaced him. "I knew it was coming," he said. :eyes:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.krongard06oct06,1,3638175.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

and to sattahipdeep - very interesting information, thank you.

:kick:

mericas - 17:16 GMT

A coalition of parties from the Chilean left filed a law suit on Tuesday against U.S. President George W. Bush and high-ranking members of his administration, accusing them of crimes against humanity.

The suit accuses President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the former U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, of torture and war crimes, and demands that Bush be interrogated during his upcoming visit to Chile for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

The accusations relate to acts of torture carried out by U.S. military personnel at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The court will now decide whether to act on the suit when Bush and his entourage arrive for the APEC summit on Nov. 19.

The suit was filed Tuesday at noon by a group called Poder Democrático y Social (Podemos, an acronym meaning “we can”), which comprises the Communist, Humanist and Christian Left parties and the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).

In a statement, the leftist group said “this action represents the sentiments of millions of Chileans who reject the violence and the terrorism projected by the figure of Bush.” The organization’s members demonstrated outside the court while the suit was presented.

Hugo Gutiérrez, one of the human rights lawyers who submitted the suit, said he hopes the Appeals Court will question President Bush while he is in Chile.

“Without doubt, (attaining an interrogation of Bush) is difficult, but we are doing something because our consciences are troubled by the crimes committed by North Americans in Iraq,” Gutiérrez said.

“We are part of the universal conscience that is doing this today, in this distant country, concerned that human rights are not violated anywhere in the world,” Gutiérrez added, emphasizing that “crimes against humanity” could be prosecuted from any nation.

The U.S. State Department declined to comment last night, but a response to the suit is expected shortly.

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