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Obama Plans on Letting Bush Administration War Criminals Off Easy

After committing crimes so numerous and monstrous that bookshelves are already groaning under their weight, the cabal of illegitimate coup leaders who destroyed the U.S. get to tiptoe out of the rubble and go home to a comfortable retirement?
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  01-20-2009  |  Commentary

Who is Omar al-Bashir?new

He's the president of Sudan -- and he is a wanted man. On July 14, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court charged al-Bashir with 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The charges mark the first time the International Criminal Court has charged a sitting head of state with a crime, and the first time the court has charged anyone with genocide.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  07-23-2008  |  Commentary

George Bush Charged in Vancouver Provincial Courtnew

On Nov. 30, a Vancouver lawyer charged President George W. Bush with seven counts of counseling, aiding, and abetting the commission of torture in connection with the actions of U.S. armed forces at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
The Georgia Straight  |  Charlie Smith  |  12-14-2004  |  Politics

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