Rights group file war crimes against Rumsfeld

[Leafless]

I can't believe this is happening, from Germany 'the good'?

"Civil rights groups filed a suit with German prosecutors on Tuesday seeking war crimes charges against outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons."

Maybe this will make 'Ripley's Believe it or Not'.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....xml&src=rss

[Guest Warwick Green]

I can't believe this is happening, from Germany 'the good'?

"Civil rights groups filed a suit with German prosecutors on Tuesday seeking war crimes charges against outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons."

Maybe this will make 'Ripley's Believe it or Not'.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....xml&src=rss

When do they intend to make their announcement about seeking war crimes charges against Osama bin Laden?

[myata]

Way to go!!! Here's the BBC story. I hope it'll make impact even if he won't go trial.

The next on the agenda would be to make war a crime under jurisdiction of ICJ. That could make those benevolent enlightement crusaders spraying cluster bombs think twice before jumping on another foreign adventure.

[betsy]

The next on the agenda would be to make war a crime under jurisdiction of ICJ. That could make those benevolent enlightement crusaders spraying cluster bombs think twice before jumping on another foreign adventure.

Hey, I'm glad you think that way about those terrorists. They're truly cowardly crusading bastards, aren't they? It's not enough that they do their "hit-and-run" attacks...they hide behind children too!

Way to go! For a while there reading your posts from other threads...I almost thought you're on their side!

[Black Dog]

When do they intend to make their announcement about seeking war crimes charges against Osama bin Laden?

I'm pretty sure OBL is already wanted. Just a hunch.

[FTA Lawyer]

I can't believe this is happening, from Germany 'the good'?

"Civil rights groups filed a suit with German prosecutors on Tuesday seeking war crimes charges against outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons."

Maybe this will make 'Ripley's Believe it or Not'.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....xml&src=rss

Just to be clear, Germans appear to have nothing to do with this...other than the country's laws apparently assert jurisdiction and the civil rights groups must feel that Germany is the most likely place to allow the charges to proceed.

Actually, what's sad about this is that a New York based group and a Paris based group figured that in order to get a fair civil rights hearing they had to file in Germany.

This will be an interesting one to follow.

FTA