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In reply to the discussion: Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War [View all]JoeyT
(6,785 posts)9. Not just Bush:
From the article:
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (Aug. 20, 2013) In court papers filed today (PDF), the United States Department of Justice requested that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz be granted procedural immunity in a case alleging that they planned and waged the Iraq War in violation of international law.
Plaintiff Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother and refugee now living in Jordan, filed a complaint in March 2013 in San Francisco federal court alleging that the planning and waging of the war constituted a crime of aggression against Iraq, a legal theory that was used by the Nuremberg Tribunal to convict Nazi war criminals after World War II.
"The DOJ claims that in planning and waging the Iraq War, ex-President Bush and key members of his Administration were acting within the legitimate scope of their employment and are thus immune from suit, chief counsel Inder Comar of Comar Law said.
Plaintiff Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother and refugee now living in Jordan, filed a complaint in March 2013 in San Francisco federal court alleging that the planning and waging of the war constituted a crime of aggression against Iraq, a legal theory that was used by the Nuremberg Tribunal to convict Nazi war criminals after World War II.
"The DOJ claims that in planning and waging the Iraq War, ex-President Bush and key members of his Administration were acting within the legitimate scope of their employment and are thus immune from suit, chief counsel Inder Comar of Comar Law said.
The entire gang of war criminals, kidnappers, torturers, and thieves. I'm sure someone will be along to defend it shortly.
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Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War [View all]
cactusfractal
Aug 2013
OP
Isn't that what the immunity request was? Oh, you might mean someone who is a member
AnotherDreamWeaver
Aug 2013
#25
Exactly! Immunity granted to the Iran-Contra thugs left them free to participate in the Iraq fiasco
dougolat
Aug 2013
#57
Just wrote about it somewhere else in this post, but want to say to you, my friend
Mira
Aug 2013
#44
That's fucked up. But it's a clear indication they *know* they committed crimes.
gtar100
Aug 2013
#43
I knew this would be coming. The Obama Administration has now looked forward so far that
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#46