Rummy cancels trip to Germany after war crimes accusations

[kuozzman]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8EBCFED0-6677-4F9F-B0D0-6995460FCEFA.htm

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned.

Rumsfeld has informed the German government via the US embassy that he will not take part in the Munich Security Conference in February, conference head Horst Teltschik told dpa on Thursday.

The New York-based Centre for Constitutional Rights filed a
complaint in December with the Federal German Prosecutor's Office against Rumsfeld accusing him of war crimes and torture in connection with detainee abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Rumsfeld made it known immediately after the complaint was filed that he would not attend the Munich conference unless Germany quashed the legal action.

[Redstone]

1. Run, Rummy run...

The dogs of justice are hot on your trail!

Redstone

[beam me up scottie]

2. condi better start looking over her shoulder too

when she visits foreign lands as king *'s bitch.

[Democrats_win]

3. Here, hide behind Condi's dress.

[koopie57]

4. Since this administration

believes lies are true if repeated often enough, maybe Germany could just say that they have squashed the legal action but really not so when he gets there he can enjoy a good laugh with the Germans. We all know rummy loves a good lie.

[barbaraann]

5. No Oktoberfest for you, Rummy!

HaHaHa! I can still go to Munich and drink beer in one of those big tents and sing drinking songs with thousand of merrymakers, but Rummy can't!!!! Oh, there is a little justice in the world.

Prost ex!

[LibDemAlways]

6. This is amazing.

A high ranking US official unable to go to Germany because of fear of war crimes prosecution. Oh, the irony!

[fasttense]

7. Yes, we can all go overseas

without a worry, but the Bushites better watch their backs or they will end up in an overseas jail for their war crimes.

[Moderator]

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