Although I've read several similar articles from this Tribunal in the past, I usually discount them because at the time the US was not party to the rulings of the International Criminal Court. This however changed when Obama issued the executive order have the US rejoin the International Criminal Court. It changes the ballgame and thus these type of Tribunals will become relevant.
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BREAKING: HISTORIC JUDGMENT. Bush & Associates Found Guilty of Torture
A solid case for the prosecution of Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Cheney, their legal counsel and others, for war crimes, crimes against the peace, torture, and crimes against humanity has been established at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal with a guilty verdict on day 5 of the third major session of the Tribunal.
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May 2012 (mathaba)
The five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered a guilty verdict against former United States President George W. Bush and his associates at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal hearing that had started on Monday, May 7th.
On the charge of Crime of Torture and War Crimes, the tribunal finds the accused persons former U.S. President George W. Bush and his associates namely Richard Cheney, former U.S. Vice President, Donald Rumsfeld, former Defence Secretary, Alberto Gonzales, then Counsel to President Bush, David Addington, then General Counsel to the Vice-President, William Haynes II, then General Counsel to Secretary of Defence, Jay Bybee, then Assistant Attorney General, and John Choon Yoo, former Deputy Assistant Attorney-General guilty as charged and convicted as war criminals for Torture and Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment of the Complainant War Crime Victims.
Earlier in the week, the tribunal heard the testimonies of three witnesses namely Abbas Abid, Moazzam Begg and Jameelah Hameedi. They related the horrific tortures they had faced during their incarceration. The tribunal also heard two other Statutory Declarations of Iraqi citizen Ali Shalal and Rhuhel Ahmed, a British citizen.
Testimony showed that Abbas Abid, a 48-year-old chief engineer in the Science and Technology Ministry had his fingernails removed by pliers. Ali Shalal was attached with bare electrical wires and electrocuted and hung from the wall. Moazzam Begg was beaten and put in solitary confinement. Jameelah was almost nude and humiliated, used as a human shield whilst being transported by helicopter. All these witnesses have residual injuries till today.
These witnesses were taken prisoners and held in prisons in Afghanistan (Bagram), in Iraq (Abu Gharib, Baghdad International Airport) and two of them namely Moazzam Begg and Rhuhel Ahmed were transported to Guantanamo Bay.
In a submission that lasted a day, the prosecution showed in an in depth submission how the decision-makers at the highest level President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, Secretary of Defence Rumsfeld, aided and abetted by the lawyers and the other commanders and CIA officials – all acted in concert. Torture was systematically applied and became an accepted norm.
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5 comments:
Ok so now what?? Nothing gets done?
Looking forward to Bush and associates wearing orange jumpsuits or whatever color it ends up being depending on the justification bringing the charges. One day closer each day.
That's exactly what I'm talking about. If this had been a common person like you or I we would've gone to prison immediately no questions asked and "don't let the door hit you on your way out" type of thing but they just keep getting away with murder year after year, decade after decade. But let's look at it on the bright side. Maybe...and this is a "maybe" this is just what they were waiting for to commence the "changes" and arrests. Let's pray!
please look for freedom reigns dot us as well as on (fb..the one that just says freedom reigns)
So with Obama now approving that the U.S. can be subject to the rulings of the International Criminal Court this can ALL be joined together with the Attempted Assassination of Obama and then he Declares Martial Law.
CAN'T YOU PUT THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER?
They have joined together or else Obama opened the door for his on Execution by the attack on Libya and Gaddafi!
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