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Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-04-07 10:27 AM
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Try Bush For War Crimes, Urges US Combat Veteran
Source: THE AUSTRALIAN

GEORGE W. Bush should be tried as a war criminal for his role in launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the Howard Government is culpable for supporting him, a US anti-war activist claims.

The US President and John Howard were committed to a failing war that was being waged for oil and economic motives, former US marine and two-time combat tour veteran Matt Howard said in Sydney yesterday.

The anti-war movement was growing in the US, and veterans had a responsibility to tell the truth about what was happening in Iraq, Mr Howard, 26, told a news conference at the Alternative APEC Centre in Sydney's Trades Hall.

The Prime Minister's support for the war provided "political cover" to Mr Bush's "dangerous political agenda", said Matt Howard.



Read more: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22363896-15084,00.html
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Jesse Hemingway Donating Member (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-04-07 11:49 AM
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1. The day is going to come when bush goes to trial for his crimes along with his supporters
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superkia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-04-07 10:21 PM
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2. Nah he would just have something blown up and declare martial law.
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