Cheney Should Face War Crimes Charges 


VP Advocates the use of terror, a violation of US law. 

The BBC is reporting that

" a top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a stinging attack on US Vice-President Dick Cheney over abuse of prisoners by US troops.

Col Lawrence Wilkerson accused Mr Cheney of ignoring a decision by President Bush on the treatment of prisoners in the war on terror.

Asked by the BBC's Today if Mr Cheney could be accused of war crimes, he said: 'It's an interesting question.'

'Certainly it is a domestic crime to advocate terror,' he added.

'And I would suspect, for whatever it's worth, it's an international crime as well.'

This is an extraordinary attack by a man who until earlier in the year was Mr Cheney's colleague in the senior reaches of the Bush team."

Read the entire interview on the BBC's web site.

 

Posted: Wed - November 30, 2005 at 06:31 AM          

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