Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Monday, June 21, 2004
 
Lawyer says Bush could be quizzed here over Iraqi torture: "President Bush should be arrested by garda [Irish police] when he lands on Irish soil if it emerges in the coming days that he had knowledge of the torture of prisoners in Iraq, according to a leading senior counsel.
Mr Fergal Kavanagh SC, who was defence counsel for a Rwandan government minister accused of war crimes in the UN War Crimes Tribunal, is one of 20 SCs who have signed a statement appealing to people to demonstrate their opposition to President Bush's policy in Iraq.
... There are documents in the United States which apparently tell President Bush he could authorise acts in breach of the Geneva Convention,' he said.
'Should a complaint be received by a member of the [police] steps must be taken to arrest the person responsible [for these acts] in this jurisdiction. Steps must be taken to ensure the perpetrators of torture, or those who conspired in torture, are arrested.'"
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