“Rumsfeld is no longer untouchable,” says Wolfgang Kaleck"

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http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/PubArticleDC.jsp?id=1166522799501

In Search of a Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld's Name Tops the List of Accused of War Crimes

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“Rumsfeld is no longer untouchable,” says Wolfgang Kaleck, the German lawyer who filed the complaint along with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights. “He is now deeply connected with claims of abuses and torture. We have taken the first step to begin the legal discussion on his accountability.”

The complaint against Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet, and other senior civilian and military officials, was filed in mid-November on behalf of 11 Iraqis who had been detained at Abu Ghraib prison and Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi detained at Guantánamo. It alleges that the defendants ordered, aided, and abetted war crimes and failed to prevent the commission of war crimes by their subordinates. In international law, war crimes are defined as grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, including torture and inhuman treatment.

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america, the country that tortures

[Jackpine Radical]

1. OhGodGodGodGod

YES!

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6. "I'll have what he's having"

[lovuian]

2. Of all the countries Germany would know

Gonzales Rumsfeld Tenet and other Military

has to be brought up on this ....... they just went way over the line

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. A big mistake was made by hanging Saddam

It sets a precedent for the prosecution and execution of a sovereign nation's leaders and their cronies as punishment for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes (as also applied in the Nuremberg Trials after WWII). My hope is this precedent will be invoked for the likes of Rumsfeld and *bush when their turn comes.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Ya know what? I oppose the death penalty for Rummy

just as I did for Saddam, and for the same reason. The death penalty is just wrong.

[Disturbed]

5. I also oppose the DP.

I am fine with Life sans Parole. Rumsfailed et al need to be tried for War Crimes.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Amen. And I want him tried by an international tribunal,

which is another reason to oppose the DP. No civilized nation would impoe it on him, so if we insist on it he couldn't be tried at the Hague.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. None of those warmongers will ever leave this country again.

If they do, they know they are taking a HUGE risk and could be arrested. This country surely won't hand them over...as we should. They belong at The Hague!