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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 12:55 PM
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Rumsfeld Hit with Lawsuit for Ordering, Authorizing Torture (FR)
more: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18633.htm

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On Visit to France, Donald Rumsfeld Hit with Lawsuit for Ordering, Authorizing Torture

U.S. and European human rights groups filed a lawsuit in France today charging former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with ordering and authorizing torture. The plaintiffs include the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights. They say Rumsfeld authorized interrogation techniques that led to abuses at US-run prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.

The complaint was filed with the Paris prosecutor’s office as Rumsfeld arrived in France for a visit. This is the fifth time Rumsfeld has been charged with direct involvement in torture since 9/11. Michael Ratner is the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He joins me in the firehouse studio. Jeanne Sulzer is a French attorney with the International Federation of Human Rights. She joins me on the line from Paris.

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groovedaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 12:55 PM
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1. I think I'll buy a nice bottle of FRENCH champagne to celebrate
or maybe have an extra order of FRENCH fries!
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 12:59 PM
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2. As someone posted on a different site the other day regarding
this: If we saved France from the Nazis 60 years ago, it's only right that France should save us from the Nazis today.

Merci'!
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 02:06 PM
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5. agree!!
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FREEWILL56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 02:24 PM
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6. Yes, that would not only be ironic, but very welcomed by the people.
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 01:04 PM
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3. it was a NYTimes story last week-----so word is getting out
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 01:08 PM
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4. Vive La France!
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