Bush's key men face grilling on torture and death squads

[kpete]

Bush's key men face grilling on torture and death squads

Former vice-president Dick Cheney could be forced to testify to Congress over allegations that a secret hit squad was set up on his orders, as Democrats press for inquiries into the conduct of the 'war on terror'. Paul Harris reports from New York

America is bracing itself for a series of investigations that could see top officials from the administration of President George W Bush hauled in front of Congress, grilled by a special prosecutor and possibly facing criminal charges.

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Many insiders think public reaction to those two reports is likely to ensure that Holder eventually appoints a special prosecutor, similar to Kenneth Starr, who investigated Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. "I think it is likely that Holder will do that," said Larry Johnson, a former senior CIA official.

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These fresh investigations would add to some already under way. Rove is expected to be called again for further questioning later in the summer. Obama has ordered his national security officials to examine allegations that Bush officials resisted efforts to investigate a massacre of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in 2001 by an American-backed Afghan warlord. "I've asked my national security team ... to collect the facts for me that are known and we'll probably make a decision ... once we have all the facts," Obama said during his recent trip to Africa.

more:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/19/george-bush-dick-cheney-torture

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. A quote from your post:

>>Bush officials resisted efforts to investigate a massacre of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in 2001 by an American-backed Afghan warlord.<<

Please note, these videos have been scrubbed from Youtube.

http://www.democracynow.org/2003/5/23/afghan_massacre_the_convoy_of_death


Today, on Democracy Now!, the U.S. broadcast premiere of a documentary film called “Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death.”

The film provides eyewitness testimony that U.S. troops were complicit in the massacre of thousands of Taliban prisoners during the Afghan War.

It tells the story of thousands of prisoners who surrendered to the US military’s Afghan allies after the siege of Kunduz. According to eyewitnesses, some three thousand of the prisoners were forced into sealed containers and loaded onto trucks for transport to Sheberghan prison. Eyewitnesses say when the prisoners began shouting for air, U.S.-allied Afghan soldiers fired directly into the truck, killing many of them. The rest suffered through an appalling road trip lasting up to four days, so thirsty they clawed at the skin of their fellow prisoners as they licked perspiration and even drank blood from open wounds.

Witnesses say that when the trucks arrived and soldiers opened the containers, most of the people inside were dead. They also say US Special Forces re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried. Now, up to three thousand bodies lie buried in a mass grave.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "I want all the juicy details. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[midnight]

3. I hope these investigations get some justice for those

who lost their lifes to these criminals.

[Vidar]

4. Thanks for the article, kpete. I hope it pans out but am not holding my breath.

[Senator]

5. We need better than a special prosecutor

We need a Justice Souter Tribunal.

But even a day in civil court for the victims is too much drama for Obama.

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[bobthedrummer]

6. K&R

[Wednesdays]

7. K&R

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[spanone]

8. why is this in a british newspaper and not headline on every single paper in the u.s.?

k&r

[DCKit]

9. Duh. C'mon, we all know why.

I don't know exactly when we lost our cynical, investigative media (to the day, specifically), but they haven't been around since 2001, else #43 would have been Al Gore and BushCo* would have been prosecuted for election fraud long before they had a chance to steal a second election.

On a happier note, even the 20%ers are beginning to realize it was BushCo* and their corporate Congresscritters what sold them down the river, and nobody holds a grudge like that crowd. They aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, but once they get going....