Rumsfeld scraps Munich visit over 'war crimes' probe

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How ironic that GERMANY is considering charging Rumsfeld with War Crimes. Oh how times have changed...

MUNICH - United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has cancelled a planned visit to Munich after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes.

Rumsfeld has informed the German government via the US embassy he will not take part at the Munich Security Conference in February, conference head Horst Teltschik said.
The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed a complaint in December with the Federal German Prosecutor's Office against Rumsfeld accusing him of war crimes and torture in connection with detainee abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Rumsfeld had made it known immediately after the complaint was filed that he would not attend the Munich conference unless Germany quashed the legal action.

The organisation alleges violations of German legislation which outlaws war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide independent of the place of crime or origin of the accused.

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Yet another reason to get rid of Rumsfeld -- a Secretary of Defense who's afraid to travel to Germany. :roll:
 
Why honor them with his presence if they are going to disrespect him like that?

I'm sure all the people you insult would love to visit you and be your friends. :roll:
 
"Honor them with his presence"? He's not a king, you know.

Every country has citizens that want to charge these chickenhawks in our administration with war crimes. However, for Rumsfeld to stay home and hide indicates that he's scared that Germany's leaders will actually charge him. And with good reason.
 
trust me Germany does not have the balls to charge Rumsfeld. Also if they did attempt to charge him with war crimes I think Germany would just dig itself into a deeper whole. This is written in the context that Rumsfeld did attend Germany.
 
[quote name='E-Z-B']"Honor them with his presence"? He's not a king, you know.

Every country has citizens that want to charge these chickenhawks in our administration with war crimes. However, for Rumsfeld to stay home and hide indicates that he's scared that Germany's leaders will actually charge him. And with good reason.[/quote]

Actually he doesn't want to be detained most likely, he's got better things to right now that be detained in a country that has no investment in our current war.
 
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