Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest!

[Superman4ever]

What more can I say?

Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest
Sat, 10/27/2007 - 08:45

Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France today fearing arrest over charges of "ordering and authorizing" torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military's detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unconfirmed reports coming from Paris suggest.

US embassy officials whisked Rumsfeld away yesterday from a breakfast meeting in Paris organized by the Foreign Policy magazine after human rights groups filed a criminal complaint against the man who spearheaded President George W. Bush's "war on terror" for six years.

Under international law, authorities in France are obliged to open an investigation when a complaint is made while the alleged torturer is on French soil.

According to activists in France, who greeted Rumsfeld shouting "murderer" and "war criminal" at the breakfast meeting venue, US embassy officials remained tight-lipped about the former defense secretary's whereabouts citing "security reasons".

Anti-torture protesters in France believe that the defense secretary fled over the open border to Germany, where a war crimes case against Rumsfeld was dismissed by a federal court. But activist point out that under the Schengen agreement that ended border checkpoints across a large part of the European Union, French law enforcement agents are allowed to cross the border into Germany in pursuit of a fleeing fugitive.

"Rumsfeld must be feeling how Saddam Hussein felt when US forces were hunting him down," activist Tanguy Richard said. "He may never end up being hanged like his old friend, but he must learn that in the civilized world, war crime doesn't pay."

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) filed the complaint on Thursday after learning that Rumsfeld was scheduled to visit Paris.

http://wor.ldne.ws/node/8596

 

[The Evolutionist]

About ****ing time someone holds these bastards accountable for what they've done.

 

[chamber-music]

Bush would of bailed his buddy Rumsfeld out anyway.

 

[Sandman138]

Why was he in France anyway? I thought we hated the frog lovers even more than we hate the towel heads.

 

[MetalloX]

Why was he in France anyway? I thought we hated the frog lovers even more than we hate the towel heads.

Dumb ****ing Neocon.

 

[Sandman138]

Dumb ****ing Neocon.

He don't know me very well - do he?

 

[Matt]

Dumb ****ing Neocon.

Haha, idiot, he was being sarcastic.

Anyhow, the French authorities would've never had the balls to arrest him. It would cause an international incident.

 

[PLAS]

Haha, idiot, he was being sarcastic.

Anyhow, the French authorities would've never had the balls to arrest him. It would cause an international incident.

how so? it's not like it would hurt French-American diplomatic relationships more than they already are

 

[Armand Z Trip]

These wealthy repugs hate everything French, except a plane ticket. The "alleged torturer", now that's funny.

 

[Man-Thing]

I'm sure all he would have to do would be growl at the police, and the whole country would give him presents if he promised not to eat them.

lol

 

[jaguarr]

If only he had been shot while trying to escape.

jag

 

[PemLam]

If only he had been shot while trying to escape.

jag

Hard to get shot by people that are running away in the opposite direction.

 

[jaguarr]

Hard to get shot by people that are running away in the opposite direction.

jag

 

[The Overlord]

I'm sure all he would have to do would be growl at the police, and the whole country would give him presents if he promised not to eat them.

lol

Perhaps, but that wouldn't help him if the Germans tried to arrest him. The problem with the Germans is they didn't know when to back down, no matter how sensible or rational it was to do in the first place. t:

 

[Matt]

how so? it's not like it would hurt French-American diplomatic relationships more than they already are

There is a difference between bad relations and holding an American citizen on charges that our government do not even accept to be a crime. Not to mention his buddy has his finger on the big red button.

 

[PLAS]

There is a difference between bad relations and holding an American citizen on charges that our government do not even accept to be a crime. Not to mention his buddy has his finger on the big red button.

would an action like that warrant for the US to declare war on France?

 

[Matt]

would an action like that warrant for the US to declare war on France?

Holding a US citizen with connections like Rummy has against his will, publicly for something that is our government's policy but they are declaring a crime.

I don't know, it would be interesting...but I don't think France would have the balls to do it.

 

[PemLam]

would an action like that warrant for the US to declare war on France?

It'd be handled behind closed doors and would never result in anything other than harsh words by the American and French press.

 

[PLAS]

then what's the big deal?

 

[Matt]

It'd be handled behind closed doors and would never result in anything other than harsh words by the American and French press.

It would all depend. Bush is as stubborn as a mule. Sarkozy is pretty stubborn too. If neither would back down, it could get bad.

 

[PemLam]

It would all depend. Bush is as stubborn as a mule. Sarkozy is pretty stubborn too. If neither would back down, it could get bad.

I still believe the worst that would happen is some harsh words, however Bush expelling one of the French diplomats wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.

 

[PLAS]

It would all depend. Bush is as stubborn as a mule. Sarkozy is pretty stubborn too. If neither would back down, it could get bad.

still, I don't see this going far

 

[Matt]

I still believe the worst that would happen is some harsh words, however Bush expelling one of the French diplomats wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.

It really all depends. Think of what Rummy's position was as well. He was the secretary of defense. He has countless US military secrets in that head of his. The type of stuff people would die to know. I agree the first week or so would be simple negotiations. If by that point, no progress was made towards his release (and again, considering the parties that would be negotiating, its possible)...a small military team sent to extract Rumsfeld would not be out of the realm of possibility.

 

[Darthphere]

Matt this isn't 24.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Matt this isn't 24.

No, 24 isn't this.