POWs alleging Iraqi torture ask White House to intervene {SUEING Iraqi gov't}

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: CNN

From Bill Mears and Paul Courson
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gulf War veterans who were tortured by their Iraqi captors 17 years ago called Friday on President Bush to allow them to proceed with a lawsuit seeking compensation from the Iraqi government.

Bush last month rejected a defense spending bill that would have left the current Iraqi government financially liable for the actions taken by the former regime of Saddam Hussein.

The administration argues such lawsuits would siphon money needed for rebuilding Iraq, and open the country to massive liability from the misdeeds of the past.

The veterans said they wanted to send a message to other foreign leaders that mistreating prisoners of war is never acceptable under international law.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/25/gulf.war.lawsuit/index.html

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:wtf:

[Bonobo]

1. Sorry, that train left the station when WE decided torture was okay.

It's too bad. But that's the true cost of what Bush did.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Oops. I guess bushco didn't plan for this eventuality.

Could draw unwanted attention to our duplicity.

[sce56]

3. Saddam is gone now so Bush's Mafioso's don't want their oil profits to go to Vets now do they?

:sarcasm: Just in case you belived my statement

[CranialRectaLoopbak]

4. If they were waterboarded ... tough shit

[Deny and Shred]

5. "The veterans said they wanted to send a message...

...to other foreign leaders that mistreating prisoners of war is never acceptable under international law."
And they go to GWBush to deliver the message? Oh, the irony.
They should write OBLaden asking him to 'send a message' that terrorism is wrong. At this point, such words from such a man would have about the same effect.

[pinniped]

6. These 17 dudes won $959,000,000.00 from the Iraqi .gov because they didn't show....

up in federal court. It was awarded by default. I'm really sure some US administration dumbass would show up in Iraqi court to defend similar claims by Iraqi prisoners.

Supposedly there are $1,700,000,000.00 in frozen Iraqi funds. They certainly can't have any part of that loot. The cabal is waiting for the right time to pull a Houdini.


The stupid administration argues such lawsuits would siphon money needed for fattening up war profiteers' bank accounts, and open the country to massive liability from the misdeeds of the past.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Sorry vets, but since America has herself been engaged in torture

you ain't got no claim, and future vets and GIs have no protection.

Anyone still thinks that waterboarding is not torture? Or believes that the end justifies the means?