General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes

[babsbunny]

General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes

http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1498507.html

Warren P. Strobel - McClatchy Newspapers
Published: Thu, Apr. 23, 2009 08:01PM
Modified Thu, Apr. 23, 2009 08:01PM


WASHINGTON — The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account.

The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that U.S. personnel tortured and abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings, electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices.

"After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes," Taguba wrote. "The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."

[FreakinDJ]

1. If we don't prosecute what will the world reaction be

Honestly - there seems to be a butt load of treaties concerning extradition, that could be tossed out