Showing posts with label war crimes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war crimes. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Iraq Veteran, Accuses Army Of War Crimes. CBS 48 hours. War is a crime. Attrocities, genocide in Iraq.

via huffingtonpost.com

a young veteran from the war in Iraq who allegedly brutally killed his girlfriend in 2008 and died two years later

Needham claimed to have witnessed horrendous atrocities committed by his unit against Iraqis during their deployment in the country.

In a letter to senior army officials, Needham wrote that he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression.

He described what he called war crimes, asked for an investigation and requested to be assigned to a different unit.

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war is wrong. war is a crime.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Frm Bush official L. Wilkerson: Il testify if someone arrests and tries Cheney. DemocracyNow.org

an actual criminal, that he was centrally involved in a whole variety not just of war crimes in Iraq, but of domestic crimes, as well, including the authorization of warrantless eavesdropping on American citizens in violation of FISA, which says that you go to jail for five years for each offense, as well as the authorization and implementation of a worldwide torture regime

“I, unfortunately — and I’ve admitted to this a number of times, publicly and privately — was the person who put together Colin Powell’s presentation at the United Nations Security Council on 5 February, 2003,” Wilkerson said. “It was probably the biggest mistake of my life. I regret it to this day. I regret not having resigned over it.”

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson told Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman that he would participate in a trial even if it meant personal repercussions.

In an interview that aired on NBC Monday, Cheney told Jamie Gangel that unlike President George W. Bush, he did not have a “sickening feeling” when they discovered there were no weapons of mass destruction after the invasion of Iraq.

Iraq invasion and occupation resulted in a genocide of a nation of Iraq.
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