Ramsey Clark to invesigate Bush crimes

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Ramsey Clark Chosen to Head Commission to Investigate Bush Crimes




Global Research, April 11, 2010
Indict Bush Now - 2010-04-08


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We have exciting news to report.



On April 3, at a meeting of over 150 lawyers, legal scholars and human rights campaigners, Ramsey Clark, founder of Indict Bush Now, was chosen to be the chairperson of an international campaign to investigate war crimes committed by officials from the Bush administration.



Representatives at the meeting held in Beirut, Lebanon, came from all over the world. The campaign will investigate the lies, deceit and manipulation leading up to the Iraq war; the conduct of the war itself against an essentially defenseless country; and the horrors of the continued occupation.



Lawyers and judges in several countries are exploring prosecution.



Ramsey Clark emphasized that it is the imperative responsibility of the American people to relentlessly pursue this investigation, and to seek prosecution and indictment inside of the United States.



The culture of criminal conduct started at the top in the White House itself and seeped far down the chain of command. The White House is responsible for these crimes—from the hideous torture scenes at Abu Ghraib prison to the shockingly grotesque, cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians by U.S. helicopter pilots in Baghdad in 2007, as shown in a video released this week.



The chilling video came to light because two of the killed Iraqis happened to be Reuters journalists, and because of the heroic effort of a whistleblower inside the Pentagon who leaked the video posted by WikiLeaks. The Pentagon undoubtedly has hundreds or thousands of similar videos that are kept under lock and key.



Prosecuting only a few low-level people would be a calculated effort to deflect away from those in high places who are ultimately responsible.



Ramsey Clark made the point that all the war crimes and crimes against humanity flow from the commission of the most supreme crimes which he identified as the Crimes against Peace. This was the finding at the Nuremberg trial, and it is enshrined in the Nuremberg Principles.



This now galvanized international movement will also conduct independent inquiries in several countries to review the conduct of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove, Yoo and other Bush-era officials.



We want to thank you and the hundreds of thousands of people who are unflagging in their pursuit of justice and government accountability. People around the world—including right here in the U.S.—are encouraged by these efforts. This is a struggle that will be defining not only for this but for future generations. The outcome will send a message to current and future leaders that criminal conduct will never be tolerated or condoned.



Please show your continuing support for this effort by making an urgently needed donation.

From all of us atIndictBushNow

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Tomorrow (Sunday June 6, 2010) former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark will be speaking at the University of Calgary. For more information see (http://canadiandimension.com/articles/3054/)


Clark will speak about his relationship to Splitting the Sky, the man who attempted a citizens' arrest on George W. Bush in March 2009. Splitting the Sky was Ramsey Clark's client in the 1970s after his involvement in the Attica Prison debacle. Splitting the Sky will go to court on Monday 7th to hear the judge's verdict in this historic case.


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4PM - 6PM (MOUNTAIN TIME) [11PM-1AM GMT]




in solidarity,


Joshua Blakeney
Media Coordinator of Globalization Studies
University of Lethbridge

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Splitting the Sky (AKA John Boncore) has sent us this statement

Hello Everyone,

So I am now in Lethbridge with Anthony Hall till Sunday morning were we will proceed to Calgary and prepare to pick Ramsey Clark up at the airport and bring him to the U of Calgary for his talk that evening.
Then Ramsey will appear in court the following day to address court at some point to give the court his full perspective as to my way of thinking when it comes to challenging the corrupt powers that be and surely Ramsey knows more my history very well as he has represented me on more than one occasion.

I want to give a big shout out to all you folks who have helped me over the last year plus and am looking forward to seeing that these war criminals are apprehended tried and meted out the appropriate sentences for mass murder and torture that they well deserve.

Let justice prevail.

STS