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CHIMO
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:32 PM Original message |
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Germany's federal prosecutor will not pursue a criminal complaint accusing US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld of war crimes in Iraq.
Even though a German law requires German prosecutors to investigate allegations of war crimes even if they are not committed by Germans or in Germans, German Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said US authorities bore the initial responsibility to do so. He added that his office could only act if US officials failed to do so, but said this was not the case. A US organization called Center for Constitutional Rights had filed the complained against Rumsfeld and other high-ranking officials in Germany for the role they played in torture and abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1483982,00.htm... Ball is bounched back into the US. So will it be taken up? |
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Germany's politely taking a big loophole. |
Kagemusha | Feb-12-05 07:36 PM | #1 |
and Rummy politely dropped into Germany today. |
rodeodance | Feb-12-05 07:42 PM | #2 |
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Well, it can't |
forgethell | Feb-12-05 07:50 PM | #3 |
Bring The Same |
CHIMO | Feb-12-05 07:54 PM | #5 |
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Wonder what Condsleazy threatened them with? |
BrklynLiberal | Feb-12-05 07:52 PM | #4 |
| Kagemusha
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
| 1. Germany's politely taking a big loophole. |
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How do you PROVE that a country hasn't prosecuted someone for war crimes? The person's NOT guilty until PROVEN guilty. What kind of evidence will suffice? Has it ever been litigated?
Not that it would get far if it was litigated, in complete seriousness. But international law lovers have a tall hurdle here. How can you make your case if you don't have anything solid to bring to court? |
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| rodeodance
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 2. and Rummy politely dropped into Germany today. |
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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be made up out of thin air. Nothing should be brought to any court unless there is substantial evidence.
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| CHIMO
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 5. Bring The Same |
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Charge(s) into a US court. If the court refuses to hear it then go to Germany. Seems that way to me. But I'm just an ordinary Joe.
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Sat Feb-12-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
| 4. Wonder what Condsleazy threatened them with? |
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