Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged War Crimes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120104X.shtml

Explaining the Code of Crimes against International Law



Rumsfeld has not felt a need to take the blame for Abu Ghraib

Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged War Crimes

Deutsche Welle

Tuesday 30 November 2004

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.

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I will ask them to foward any other info on this that they can

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Rumsfeld is not being sued for any allegations. The suit and the allegations are one and the same. Rumsfeld is being sued for war crimes. The title of the suit is:

Criminal Indictment against the United States' Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Director of Central Intelligence of the United State George Tenet, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez and Other United States Officials and Military Personnel for War Crimes Perpetrated Against Iraq Detainees at Abu Grahib Detention Center 2003/2004

http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=TCRlT9TuSb&Content=471

Suing is one thing, getting a judge to take it seriously is another.

Still not a bad thing if it generates some buzz.