‘Western Leaders Are War Criminals’ - Former Prime Minister of Malaysia

[Orwellian_Ghost]

‘Western Leaders Are War Criminals’
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
By Mick Meaney

The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, has echoed calls for Western leaders to be charged with war crimes over the invasion of Iraq.

Speaking at Imperial College in London Mahathir, who was in office from 1981 to 2003, singled out US President George Bush, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Australia’s former prime minister John Howard as he wants to see them tried “in absence for war crimes committed in Iraq”.

The event was organised by the Ramadhan Foundation which is a leading British Muslim youth organisation working for peaceful co-existence and dialogue between communities.

Mohammed Shafiq, spokesman for the group said: “It was an opportunity for students to put a range of questions about war crimes and the international situation. He said that people have to stop killing each other and use arbitration, negotiation and discussion as an alternative to violence, war and killing.”

Speaking about the Iraq war, Mahathir focused on “the thousands dying, the economic war, the power of oil and how we could utilise some of these tools to have a leverage against the people who commit countries to war”, Shafiq said.

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[L. Coyote]

1. This will grow to a global chorus. The world knows who started the economic crisis and how.

Bush/Cheney, and BIG OIL, gave the world $120.00 a barrel crude,
and all the economic consequences that brings with it.
They will never be forgiven for their impact on the future of humanity.

Let the war crime tribunals begin. If the world cannot respond to aggression, then what ... ??

[malaise]

2. I can't wait for their trials n/t

[ensho]

3. thank you Mahathir Mohamad for speaking out

nt

[Swamp Rat]

4. He is correct.

[havocmom]

5. K & R

off to the Greatest Page with this little truth

[Orwellian_Ghost]

6. Legacy of colonialism

[bdamomma]

7. the more leaders who come out and say this the better.

maybe the ICC will be listening.

again, whatever the US does has a profound ripple effect throughout the world.

[killbotfactory]

8. It's true

When do you think they will be held accountable for this massive crime? I'm guessing never.