Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Cheney accused on prisoner abuse--BBC NEWS
"A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a stinging attack on US Vice-President Dick Cheney over abuse of prisoners by US troops.
Col Lawrence Wilkerson accused Mr Cheney of ignoring a decision by President Bush on the treatment of prisoners in the war on terror.
Asked by the BBC's Today if Mr Cheney could be accused of war crimes, he said: 'It's an interesting question.'
'Certainly it is a domestic crime to advocate terror,' he added.
'And I would suspect, for whatever it's worth, it's an international crime as well.'
This is an extraordinary attack by a man who until earlier in the year was Mr Cheney's colleague in the senior reaches of the Bush team, the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says.
Col Wilkerson has in the past accused the vice-president of responsibility for the conditions which led to the abuse of prisoners.
But this time he has gone much further, appearing to suggest Mr Cheney should face war crimes charges... "
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