Bush convicted of war crimes in mock trial

[stevedeshazer]

HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotians got a chance to convict the most powerful man in the world in Halifax on Tuesday night.

Members of the Halifax Peace Coalition staged a mock trial of U.S. President George W. Bush in downtown Halifax to protest the president's visit to the city on Wednesday. "Since 2000, President Bush has violated the Nuremberg Convention, the Geneva Convention, international and domestic law and our own Canadian War Crimes Act," said organizer and would-be prosecutor Tamara Lorincz.

"So we're asking Prime Minister (Paul) Martin to recognize that an argument can be made that Bush is a war criminal and he is not welcome in Canada on that basis."

During the brief, humourous proceeding, Lorincz charged Bush under the Canadian Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.



http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/11/30/746127-cp.html

[aquart]

1. Pity it was mock.

[BUSHOUT]

2. Lock the little sh@thead up. n/t

[Lisa]

3. "despite chants of 'string him up'"

I guess people momentarily forgot that we got rid of the death penalty up here!

p.s. "Bush" testified in his own defense? Hey, I guess that confirms the old saying that any layperson who does that in court "has an idiot for a lawyer"!