Bush Admin. Brings Tortured American POWs to Court

[PaDUer]

* says one thing, does the other....What's really going on??

April 05, 2004 11:13 AM US Eastern Timezone

]Bush Admin. Brings Tortured American POWs to Court; April 7th Hearing Looms as Admin. Seeks to Strip POWs of Judgment Against Saddam

Topical News: War On Terrorism

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004--Contradicting President Bush's own assertions that Saddam Hussein is guilty of crimes against humanity, the Bush Administration this week will bring tortured POWs from the first Gulf War to court in an attempt to have thrown out the only judgment proving Hussein's complicity in the torture of American citizens.


On the eve of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments on April 7 in an appeal launched by the Bush Administration that seeks to eradicate the important precedent set in Acree v. Republic of Iraq. At its heart, the judgment in this case is the only official record that holds Hussein accountable for the torture of American POWs and begins the process of deterring torture of American POWs in the future.

"I am saddened that the Administration has chosen to pursue this appeal. It is hard to comprehend how on one hand the Administration can say that Saddam Hussein has perpetrated some of the most heinous acts against humanity, and on the other seek to eliminate the only judgment proving he is guilty of these crimes," said Col. (Ret.) David Eberly, the senior-ranking POW tortured by the Iraqi secret police.

During the first Gulf War, Iraq savagely tortured American POWs, inflicting beatings, starvation, electric shock, whippings, mock executions, broken bones, deprivation of medical care, and confinement in vile, disease-ridden filth. The torture was condemned by the U.S. Congress in three resolutions.
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[bluestateguy]

1. John Kerry needs to turn this into a campaign ad NOW

[G_j]

2. they don't want torturing

POWs to be an issue persued in court? I wonder why? :shrug:

[Eye and Monkey]

3. link?

[JusticeForAll]

4. I have read this four times

Am I really reading this correctly? What would be their motive and interest in this?

This is unreal.

[LittleApple81]

5. Isn't it because the won a huge award and Bush does not want

to pay it because they need the money to help poor Halliburton "reconstruct Iraq"?

[seabeyond]

7. this is my thought

on not wanting to pay the huge win

[countmyvote4real]

8. $

1. They don’t want to share a monetary judgment against Hussein’s regime with the POWs of Gulf War I. They want it all. They lie when they defend their opposition and say those resources belong to the Iraqi people. A * executive order does not even allow the Iraqi people to possess the rights to their own oil.

2. They don’t want to set a precedent that would allow them or the US to be sued for similar violations.

[PaDUer]

9. Certainly looks like

* is a real con-job..He talks out of both sides of his mouth like poppy, but worse!

[FrankBooth]

6. Who is the source?

The original source, not Business Wire? Is there a link?

Thanks

[PaDUer]

10. Actually, there's quite a few that's carrying the story...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Bush+Admin.+Brings+Tortured+American+POWs+to+Court&btnG=Google+Search