Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 1:09pm
Ya think it'll happen?
This is from Salon.com:
On Nov. 10, Time magazine plugged this week's issue by releasing an exclusive story: Preparations are being made in Germany to bring war crimes charges against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Lost in the hubbub of news about the suit, Rumsfeld's resignation and calls from some conservatives to pull U.S. soldiers out of Germany in response is what is perhaps the most interesting element of Time's story. Former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, the general once charged with running the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, will be testifying against Rumsfeld.
The abuse of prisoners has long been portrayed by the administration as the antics of a few lone soldiers and the failure of command staff on the ground -- including Karpinski -- to rein in their troops, but Karpinski will reportedly tell a different story.
Time reports that Karpinski has issued a written statement about her testimony; in it, she says that "it was clear the knowledge and responsibility [for what happened at Abu Ghraib] goes all the way to the top of the chain of command to the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld."
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#1re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 1:24pmWe can only hope.
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mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#4re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 6:34pmIt's pretty bad when GERMANY is leading the war crimes charge (to paraphrase Bill Maher)
#5re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 6:36pmi highly doubt this will happen... it's really sad that it won't though...
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 6:39pmi thought part of the "homeland security bill" gave blanket immunity to everyone in the administration.
#7re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 6:40pmThat would be sweet.
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roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#8re: Rumsfeld tried for war crimes?
Posted: 11/13/06 at 7:37pmI don't know about Abu Ghirab, but I have a horrible feeling that once Gitmo is finally closed and we learn what actually happened there, there will be a level of outrage second only to that which erupted once we learned about the concentration camps after World War II. Someone will have to answer for that.
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