Bush convicted of war crimes in mock trial (Halifax)

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Bush convicted of war crimes in mock trial

HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotians got a chance to convict the most powerful man in the world in Halifax on Tuesday night. Members of the Halifax Peace Coalition staged a mock trial of U.S. President George W. Bush in downtown Halifax to protest the president's visit to the city on Wednesday. "Since 2000, President Bush has violated the Nuremberg Convention, the Geneva Convention, international and domestic law and our own Canadian War Crimes Act," said organizer and would-be prosecutor Tamara Lorincz.

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To animated reaction from a large crowd of observers who came from across Nova Scotia for Bush's visit, various mock witnesses testified against Bush, including representatives of "collateral damage" casualties in Iraq and of the prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guatanamo Bay in Cuba.

"After 12 years of economic sanctions, Mr. George Bush darkens our doorsteps and soaks our streets with our children's blood," said Dina Al-Qaysi, an Iraqi immigrant who testified on behalf of the Iraqi people. "Has the world forgotten that we are people? Mr. Bush speaks of liberation but all he has brought our country is death and destruction."

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A man who strongly resembled Bush, who pleaded not guilty on all charges, testified in his own defence with classic flair.

"Well heck, sure we sent a few more hurricanes up around Nova Brunswick," he responded over boos and catcalls. "But weather patterns come and go, that's the way it's always been. But one thing I don't want to go is the God-given right of the American people to enjoy the lifestyle to which they are acclimatized. America is not going to endure the uncomfortableness of walking and bicycling on my watch."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/11/30/746127-cp.html


Four-year-old Dylan Mulvey-Schulman passes
by the American consulate in Montreal.

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