Army admits it violated Geneva at Abu Ghraib

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AND that GC is binding on the US Army. OK. Step right up...who's gonna turn themselves in first?

My eyes popped out of my head when I read this:

4/26/06 Statement of Richard B. Jackson, attorney with the Department of the Army

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"6. I personally and independently examined the photographs referred to as the "CID Report ofInvestigation Photos" (See Fourth McGuire Declaration). As a result of this examination, I detennined that these photographs contained images of individuals in the custody of U.S. Army forces pursuant to detention related to a period of armed conflict and belligerent occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. I further detennined that release of the photographs at Tabs C, D, E and F, which depict threats, imminent assault, or humiliation of detainees, would pose a serious risk of violating U.S. obligations imposed by either the GPW, and/or the Gc. This detennination is based on the fact that:

(a) the photographs were taken during a period of time when the armed forces of the United States were involved in military operations qualifying as international armed conflict and belligerent occupation within the meaning ofthese treaties, thereby triggering their provisions;

(b) the individuals depicted in the photographs were vested with the protection of one of these treaties as the result of being either enemy prisoners of war, or civilians qualifying for status as "protected persons";

(c) both of these treaties expressly require the United States, as a detaining power, to treat these individuals humanely and protect them from exposure to insults or public curiosity; (d) these treaties are binding on the U.S. Army; (e) the release of these photographs, even with obscured faces, would be inconsistent with the obligation of the United States to treat the individuals depicted humanely and would pose a great risk of subjecting these individuals to public insult and curiosity."

http://www.bringhonorback.org/images/ag_jacksondec_4_26_06.pdf

Better call the AG and get your stories straight. Or if you don't turn over the photos, just submit Rummy for a long-overdue trial at the Hague. There's a cell with his name on it...

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. So is the JAG Corp gonna charge Miller, and Sanches

how about Rummy and Faith?

[Kagemusha]

2. Agreed, there's no way this will stand.

The man's citing the law, not the "enemy combattant" extra-legal definition used by the Attorney General of the United States.

I came to these conclusions literally years ago and have been long frustrated by the US government's refusal to acknowledge such basic and straightforward truths about the legal expectations upon the Army and other military branches.

The man's gonna be slapped down SO hard, it's not gonna be funny....

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3. What's interesting is they hang themselves

by the very rope they're trying to save themselves with.

Is this not akin to a confession? How can it possibly square with the administration's position?

[Kagemusha]

4. But he's not the Attorney General.

His opinion is just that, an opinion, which is not of greater weight than the official position of the civilian government, which trumps the Army's understanding of the law.