Give Rumsfeld the Pinochet Treatment, Says US Amnesty Chief

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http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=6078




If the administration of President George W. Bush fails to conduct a truly independent investigation of U.S. abuses against detainees in Iraq and elsewhere, foreign governments should investigate and prosecute those senior officials who bear responsibility for them, the head of the U.S. chapter of Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Speaking at the release of Amnesty's annual report, William Schulz charged that Washington has become "a leading purveyor and practitioner" of torture and ill-treatment and that senior officials should face prosecution by other governments for violations of the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention Against Torture.

Among those officials, Schulz named Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director George Tenet, and senior officers at U.S. detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Abu Ghraib, Iraq.

"If the U.S. government continues to shirk its responsibility, Amnesty International calls on foreign governments to uphold their obligations under international law by investigating all senior U.S. officials involved in the torture scandal," said Schulz, who added that violations of the torture convention, which has been ratified by the United States and some 138 other countries, can be prosecuted in any jurisdiction.
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we cannot get rid of the criminal bushgang without the help of other countries

thank you US Amnesty Chief

[IChing]

1. I agree that nations need to help

Amnesty International calls on foreign governments to uphold their obligations under international law by investigating all senior U.S. officials involved in the torture scandal,"

said Schulz, who added that violations of the torture convention, which has been ratified by the United States and some 138 other countries,

can be prosecuted in any jurisdiction.

[Vincardog]

3. One thing, The only thing that Scares aWoL is the World Court.

[The Magistrate]

2. An Excellent Proposal, Ma'am

Since it is an established fact that by Rumsfeld's directives violations of the Geneva treaties have been perpetrated on foreign nationals, the courts of those countries whose citizens were maltreated certainly have jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute those crimes.

[IChing]

4. When they get out of office

this might be done, but not before
so their travel plans might be a problem.
War Crimes last a lifetime