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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:45 PM
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Rumsfeld Should be Indicted
Rumsfeld Shouldn't be Fired, He Should be Indicted
by Matthew Rothschild

“Secretary Rumsfeld has publicly admitted that . . . he ordered an Iraqi national held in Camp Cropper, a high security detention center in Iraq, to be kept off the prison’s rolls and not presented to the International Committee of the Red Cross,” the report noted. The Geneva Conventions require countries to grant the Red Cross access to all detainees. “

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0418-24.htm




Further Evidence Rumsfeld Implicated in War Crimes
Please read this important post by Marty Lederman, Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct.

Here's a key section, but there's more:
The Army's charges against Jordan reflect the view, undoubtedly correct, that the use of forced nudity or intimidation with dogs against detainees subject to military control constitutes cruelty and maltreatment that Article 93 makes criminal. It doesn't matter whether they are or are not "torture," as such; nor does it matter whether the armed forces should be permitted to use such interrogation techniques: As things currently stand, they are unlawful, as even the Army now acknowledges.

But then how can we account for the actions of the Secretary of Defense and his close aides?

On November 27, 2002, Pentagon General Counsel William Haynes, following discussions with Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz, General Myers, and Doug Feith, informed the Secretary of Defense that forced nudity and the use of the fear of dogs to induce stress were lawful techniques, and he recommended that they be approved for use at Guantanamo.

(The lists of techniques to which Haynes was referring can be found in this memorandum.) On December 2, 2002, Secretary Rumsfeld approved those techniques for use at Guantanamo -- and subsequently those techniques were used on detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani.

In other words, the Secretary of Defense authorized criminal conduct.

...

Today's Army charge under UCMJ Article 93 against Lt. Col. Jordan -- for conduct that the SecDef actually authorized as to some detainees -- demonstrates that Rumsfeld approved of, and encouraged, violations of the criminal law.
http://www.discourse.net/archives/2006/04/further_evidence_rumsfeld_implicated_in_war_crimes.html


Now we know that he authorized Torture.




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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:45 PM
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1. He's been sooooooooooooo quiet.
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:48 PM
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2. He'll be first...
n/t
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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:48 PM
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3. Maybe he's looking for real estate next to Bush in Paraguay?
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:51 PM
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4. During WWII people were put to death for war crimes.
They were put to death by the US. The problem is that we have entered the 'looking glass' and war crimes are ok if or power elite commit them.
:dem:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 08:52 PM
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5. Rummy and Cheney were supposed to be the "seasoned veterans"
Instead they turned out to be the most vicious hotheads in the Bush administration. Almost like ignorant rookies.

They should be made to face the greatest punishments.
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Psychic Consortium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-23-09 07:55 PM
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7. They did not have the intelligence, personality, or moral compass
to lead anyone or anything.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-22-09 09:22 PM
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6. He is the ultimate bad apple.
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