BUSH CRIME WATCH

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GEORGE WASHINGTON BLOGSPOT - The War Crimes Act of 1996: Bush, Cheney
and the Boys could be Indicted under US Law The War Crimes Act of 1996,
a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. S 2441, makes it a federal
crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate
the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman
treatment.

The statute applies not only to those who carry out the acts, but also
to those who order, know about it, or fail to take steps to stop it. The
statute applies to everyone, no matter how high and mighty.

18 U.S.C. S 2441 has no statute of limitations, which means that a war
crimes complaint can be filed at any time.

The penalty may be life imprisonment or -- if a single prisoner dies due
to torture -- death. Given that there are numerous, documented cases of
prisoners being tortured to death by U.S. soldiers in both Iraq and
Afghanistan (see for example this report), that means that the death
penalty would be appropriate for anyone found guilty of carrying out,
ordering, or sanctioning such conduct.

The general in charge of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq stated
this week that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other top
administration officials ordered that inhuman treatment and torture be
conducted as part of a deliberate strategy. . .

http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2005/10/war-crimes-act-
of-1996-bush-rumsfeld.html


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