Citizens find Bush guilty of Afghan war crimes

[OneBlueSky]

here's an interesting article from Japan Times Online from a few weeks back . . . at least someone understands the truth . . .

By NAO SHIMOYACHI
Staff writer
Japan Times Online
March 14, 2004

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040314a5.htm

A citizens' tribunal Saturday in Tokyo found U.S. President George W. Bush guilty of war crimes for attacking civilians with indiscriminate weapons and other arms during the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in Afghanistan in 2001.

The tribunal also issued recommendations for banning depleted uranium shells and other weapons that could indiscriminately harm people, compensating the victims in Afghanistan and reforming the United Nations in light of its failure to stop the U.S.-led operation there.

The tribunal participants spent two years examining Bush's role as the top commander in the war, making eight field trips to Afghanistan and holding nearly 20 public hearings.

"Bush said that military presence in Afghanistan is self-defense," said Robert Akroyd, a British lawyer who served as one of the five judges.

"But under international law," he said, "a defendant must pay great care to discriminate (between) legitimate objects and civilians" in claiming that one's act is self-defense, said Akroyd, former head of legal studies at Aston University in Britain.

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040314a5.htm

[Stone_Spirits]

1. and they haven't even covered Iraq

there is no doubt Bush (& others) should be put on trial for war crimes.