Rumseld charged in France

This is sure to anger conservative talk radio.  This, and anything else having to do with France:

Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasantsurprise during his visit to France today when human rights groupsfiled a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of FirstInstance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging the chief architect ofPresident George W. Bush's "war on terror" with ordering andauthorizing torture.

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with theCenter for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center forConstitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League forHuman Rights (LDH) filed the complaint while Rumsfeld was in Paris fora talk sponsored by Foreign Policy magazine, and under French law, aninvestigation must be opened if an alleged torturer is inside France.

“France is under the obligation to investigate and prosecuteRumsfeld’s accountability for crimes of torture in Guantanamo andIraq," said FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen. "France has no choice butto open an investigation if an alleged torturer is on its territory. Ihope that the fight against impunity will not be sacrificed in the nameof politics. We call on France to refuse to be a safe haven forcriminals.”

“The filing of this French case against Rumsfeld demonstrates thatwe will not rest until those U.S. officials involved in the tortureprogram are brought to justice," said CCR President Michael Ratner."Rumsfeld must understand that he has no place to hide. A torturer isan enemy of all humankind.”

Comments

[ldildine]

Confused! where were U when heads were being cut off whilst still screaming, children being raped, shot or chopped to death, ( daddy did not support bin laden.).
. yes, u can really see torture. i respect the concept that torture can be difficult. i mean. sleep depravation, opps, the quran fell in the toitlet. has Quantanamo produced real torture. Are there heads rolling, bodies mutilatted. Find any MASS Dumps of bodies, NO!!
War is a very ugly. U want to claim torture, Compared to the ovens of Nazism, to the devastation of pearl harbor, the 10's of thousands raped, maimed killed by the Taliban, Hussein, Alqaide Of course they have been killing each other for centuries.
911. How many friends, families, loved ones were burned, crushed maimed, crippled, and killed. What? No outrage! When, u attack and pursue with the same fervor, hatred , and prejudice. then peace may exist.
better yet, go to Iraq, sudan and tell these True torturers u, a non muslim, are going to arrest bin laden and his cronies., Yea right!! Watch ur head..