Rumsfeld to trial for war crimes??

[kingy]

not that this will ever go to trial but...

  Human rights activists yesterday launched an attempt to persuade German prosecutors to open a war crimes investigation against former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his alleged role in abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at Guantanamo Bay...

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[Lise]

Even if he did, he would not be found guilty. Sad world, eh?

[Russ]

the us is not a member of the war crimes tribunal at the Hague. The US has always stated it will not let an external organization try any of the members of its military or government for war crimes, it will try them internally if it deems it neccessary.

[enemy of the state]

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[soapbox]

actually it may to trial in Germany who has legislation to allow these very issues to be brought forward on German soil. (universality in pursance of war criminals)

  an attempt for the same thing was squashed a few years back....but apparently not this time around.

      alex jones is a fruitcake who believes in UFO's and Bigfoot. He has produced nothing substantial to support his claims but broad allegations.

[Russ]

Yeah, they may try, but the US will never recognise it. Like I said, the US Gov has never recognised foreign powers as able to try their citizens or soldiers for war crimes.

  Im still trying to find a link about that.

[Jack]

It is technical possible.  The legal basis comes the case of Kurt Meyer in 1945.  Meyer was the commander of the 12th SS Panzer Division during the D-Day Landings.  He was brought to Canada after WW2 and tried and convicted of war crimes.  Meyer incited the men under his command that subsequently resulted in the execution of about 20 Canadian prisioners of war captured just after the D-Day landings.  I believe in Rumsfeld case, they would have to prove he was aware of the situation and did nothing to stop it.

  I guess Rummy won't be travelling too far from home in the future.

[samm]

[span class="hw"]Donald Rumsfeld[/span], Government Official  [/p][ul][li]Born: 9 July 1932 [/li][li]Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois [/li][li]Best Known As: U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2001-2006[/li][/ul] Donald Rumsfeld became Secretary of Defense under [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/george-w-bush" class="ilnk" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="window.status='close';"]George W. Bush[/a] in January of 2001, and after the attacks of 11 September 2001 he became a familiar face on television as a spokesman for U.S. military forces. Rumsfeld was already something of a Washington insider; his Republican connections extended back to 1958, when he became an assistant to Congressman Dave Dennison of Ohio. He served as a congressman from Illinois (1962-69) before going to work as an economic adviser for President [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/richard-nixon" class="ilnk" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="window.status='close';"]Richard Nixon[/a] (1969-73).  He then worked in the [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/gerald-ford" class="ilnk" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="window.status='close';"]Gerald Ford[/a] administration as White House Chief of Staff and then as the youngest-ever Secretary of Defense (1975-77). During the 1980s Rumsfeld served in various capacities as an advisor to the [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/ronald-reagan" class="ilnk" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="window.status='close';"]Ronald Reagan[/a] administration, but spent most of his time in private industry. He served on corporate boards in such the pharmaceutical, banking and communications industries and spent eight years as the CEO of pharmaceutical giant G. D. Searle & Co. He returned to the Pentagon in 2001, becoming the 21st Secretary of Defense. After the attacks on the U.S. in 2001, Rumsfeld directed forces in an attack on Afghanistan and was a vigorous proponent of invading Iraq to topple [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/saddam-hussein" class="ilnk" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="window.status='close';"]Saddam Hussein[/a] (2003).  When success in Iraq was slow in coming, critics -- both civilian and military -- piled on Rumsfeld.  The day[i style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"] ... [/i][/p]      [a href="vny!://www.answers.com/topic/donald-rumsfeld?method=26&initiator=answertip:continue" target="AnswersQueryWindow" onclick="var ac = document.getElementById('answertipClose'); if (ac) ac.innerHTML='close'; else window.status='close';return true;"][img]vny!://site.answers.com/main8399/images/answerTip_readMore.gif" class="answertipReadMore"][/a]