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T he
'net' is abuzz with talk of the imminent arrest of Americans for war crimes,
specifically the tortures that were most certainly ordered by Bush and
anticipated by then House Speaker Tom Delay who sponsored legislation to exempt
the 'President' from war crimes prosecution. Since that time, Bush 'lawyers'
have rewritten US Codes prescribing the death penalty for specific violations of
the Geneva Conventions. Only the oblivious would not ask: was Bush planning 911,
Afghanistan, Iraq even before he sought the office?
Of Bush plans to commit the war crime of torture, then Atty Gen John Ashcroft
said: 'History will not judge this kindly' But history may also conclude that
John Ashcroft was, in the final analysis, complicit with the Bush/Yoo conspiracy
to make 'legal' numerous crimes against humanity that Bush had intended to
commit in our name. There was, indeed, precedent but not the kind sought by
Bush. It was
Reinhard Heydrich
who convened senior Nazi brass at
Wannsee.
Their mission: cook up a rationale, some legalistic mumbo jumbo, that will make
mass murder and genocide legal!
Politico
wrote the following as if it were current news.
Suddenly, something happens overseas that throws the presidential campaigns
off the TV screens entirely: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on
vacation in Italy, is arrested and brought to The Hague to face war crimes
charges.
--Politico,
Could war crimes charges be October surprise?
Politico
is not alone in thinking it just a matter of time until an American is arrested,
charged, and, with any luck and justice, brought to trial. It is a measure of
how Bush and by extension America is distrusted that almost every knowledgeable
writer expects another terrorist attack on US soil.
Politico refers to Bush as "on his way
out". Yet --another attack will give Bush the cover he needs to cancel elections
and, in effect, complete a fascist coup d'etat!
A war crimes trial of any American should be a
wake up call for Americans. Former Marine Corps Commandant, Gen. Paul X. Kelley
reminded in the Washington Post: “
Violations of Common Article 3 are ‘war crimes’ for which everyone involved
— potentially up to and including the president of the United States — may
be tried in any of the other 193 countries that are parties to the
conventions.”
I was not surprised by recent reports citing a declassified memo authored by JD
lawyer/talk show pundit John Yoo. It bluntly favored sweeping, perhaps
unlimited, presidential authority to order torture. A fuzzy cheeked idiot in my
Congressman's office had made the same argument to me with regard to a bill
sponsored by Tom DeLay. The House Bill authorized Bush to carry out various war
crimes and exonerated him in advance for numerous offenses which he clearly had
intended to commit. I object to this utter disregard for America's international
obligations under international law. My Congressman's aid said that the treaties
meant nothing! In other words, I replied, America's word means nothing so long
as Bush occupies the White House! My opinion of the Bush regime has been
confirmed daily since that time.
The Bush administration planned to commit war crimes from
the outset of the administration, perhaps even earlier. Long before 911, Bush
prepared legislation that would exempt US troops from war crimes prosecution at
the Hague, specifically, violations of the Geneva Conventions later violated at
Abu Ghraib. The measure positioned Bush in advance to exploit the crime of 911,
though it had not yet happened. To this end, Bush sought Congressional
authorization to go to war with the Netherlands should US troops find themselves
on trial for war crimes at the Hague!
The measure exempting US troops from 'war crimes' was introduced by Rep.
Tom DeLay (R-TX) as an amendment to H.R. 1646,
The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2001,
on May 8, 2001. It passed the House 282-137 on May 10 and
introduced as S. 857 in the Senate on May 9 by Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC), Zell
Miller (D-GA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Warner (R-VA), Trent Lott (R-MS),
Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Frank Murkowski (R-AK) --the usual suspects!
The bill authorized Bush "...to use all means (including the provision of legal
assistance) necessary to bring about the release of covered US persons and
covered allied persons held captive by or on behalf of the Court [International
Criminal Court, ICC, in the Hague].
Some highlights:
- The President is authorized to invade The Hague. Specifically,
the bill empowers Bush to use all means necessary and appropriate
to bring about the release from captivity of US or Allied personnel detained
or imprisoned against their will by or on behalf of the Court.
- No US governmental entity --including State or local governments and
court of any US jurisdiction --may cooperate with the ICC in arrests,
extraditions, searches and seizures, taking of evidence, seizure of assets,
or similar matters.
- No ICC agent may conduct any investigation in the US.
- No classified national security information can be transferred directly
or indirectly to the ICC or to countries Party to the Rome Statute.
- These provisions are in addition to existing US law (the 2000-2001
Foreign Relations Authorization Act) which prohibits any US funds going to
the ICC once it has been established unless the Senate has given its advice
and consent to the Rome Treaty.
This measure was introduced
before 911 in anticipation of a 'War on
Terrorism' that only those with guilty foreknowledge could have anticipated, a
'war' that would include US aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq. Certainly
no one but Bush, Dick Cheney, Tom Delay, the Project for the New American
Century and high level members of the Bush administration could have anticipated
the improbable series of events leading to the American quagmire in Iraq.
Certainly, they are not 'psychic' despite a mantra repeated
ad nauseam post 911: "No one could have foreseen...."! In fact,
only the Bush administration 'foresaw'
911 in such detail, that they planned in advance to make legal the very laws
they have in fact violated in the post-911 world. What incredible coincidences!
Certainly, no one but Bush
--or those who had planned to help him perpetrate them --would have or could
have foreseen that US atrocities at Abu Ghraib, GITMO and a gulag
archipelago of US torture centers throughout eastern Europe would have
necessitated measures in advance to get them off the hook, measures that would
put Bush, US brass and members of his criminal junta above the law! This measure
amounts to a criminal administration positioning itself --in
advance --to exploit the crime of 911. It is more evidence that 911 was
anticipated. It is evidence that 911 was an inside job.
It is evidence that the Bush administration was far better
equipped and prepared to supervise the events of 911 from inside Dick Cheney's
bunker than was the rag tag, improbable and outlandish 'conspiracy' of 19 Arab
hijackers --none of whom could fly a 757!
Because Bush had planned in advance, his administration moved forward with plans
to attack Afghanistan months before 911 as negotiations with the Taliban broke
down. As for Iraq, Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force had already carved up Iraq
oil booty among the robber barons of big oil: Halliburton, Enron, et al! Bush
and Cheney conspired to commit the grand theft of a nations oil and, in the
process, mass murder.
Bush would soon have his first chance to exploit what the
Project for the New American Century
[See:
PDF: Rebuilding America's Defenses]
would call a 'catalyzing event' like Pearl Harbor.
Courts in Italy and Germany already have issued warrants
demanding the arrest of CIA operatives for illegally kidnapping and
allegedly torturing citizens and residents of their nations. More than 30 US
citizens have been named, their CIA covers blown. These warrants have not
been executed, primarily for diplomatic reasons. But they could be acted
upon rapidly with a simple decision by either government. And other names —
of those directly involved in “enhanced interrogation techniques” [bloody
torture] — are starting to emerge overseas.
--Politico,
Could war crimes charges be October surprise?
Under the precedent of the Nuremberg trials, even making
such an argument exposes Yoo, along with others — including federal Judge Jay S.
Bybee, a former Bush administration Justice Department official, or former
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — to war crimes indictments.
I encourage the International Courts to
indict George W. Bush himself for having ordered a campaign of
capital crimes i.e, wars of naked aggression in which millions are
now dead as a result. If that's not a crime in this world, then
nothing is. If the ICC will proceed, I will happily assist them in
the preparation of its case.
Addendum
FEMA 3: EXECUTIVE ORDERS
STATE OF EMERGENCY
Under REX, the president could
declare a state of emergency, empowering the head of FEMA to
take control of the internal infrastructure of the United States
and suspend the Constitution. The president could invoke
Executive Orders 11000 through 11004 which would:
1) Draft all citizens into work forces under government
supervision;
2) Empower the Postmaster to register all men, women, and
children;
3) Seize all airports and aircraft;
4) Seize all housing and establish forced relocation of
citizens.
FEMA, with a black budget allegedly provided by the
Department of Defense, has worked closely with the Pentagon in
an effort to avoid the legal restrictions of Posse Comitatus.
While FEMA may not have been directly responsible for these
precedent-setting cases, the principle of federal control was
seen during the Los Angeles riots in 1992 with the
federalization of the National Guard and during the siege at
Waco, where Army tanks were involved in the final conflagration.
GOVERNMENT VIOLENCE IS “LEGITIMATE”?
The deputy attorney general of California commented at a
conference that anyone who attacks the state, even verbally,
becomes a revolutionary and an enemy by definition. Louis
Guiffreda, who was head of FEMA, stated that “legitimate
violence is integral to our form of government, for it is from
this source that we can continue to purge our weaknesses.”
It is significant to note that the dictionary definition of
terrorism—“the calculated use of violence”—corresponds precisely
to the government’s stated policy of “the use of legitimate
violence”.
Hold on, a reasonable person who can read might ask: Who are
the real terrorists? Guiffreda’s remark provides a revealing
insight into the thinking of those who have been charged with
oversight of the welfare of the citizens in this country.
Apparently, if one’s convictions or philosophy do not correspond
with the government’s agenda, that individual may find himself
on a government enemy list, thereby making him/her a “target” to
be “purged” by the use of “legitimate violence”.
[End quoting]
So now we see more clearly the agenda behind the government’s
double-speak language and its flexibility to trap we-the-people
should we become too uppity about their taking away of our basic
constitutional rights. But things only get more bizarre as we
probe deeper into the FEMA machinery.
The following article was obtained from the
www.parascope.com
Internet website and is written by Jon Elliston, Dossier Editor:
EMA 3: EXECUTIVE ORDERS (PART II)
FEMA 2: EXECUTIVE ORDERS (PART I)
original source.
http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/04/imminent-arrest-of-americans-for-war.html
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