Lebanon Shiite cleric calls for Bush trial over Iraq

[Barrett808]

Source: AFP

BEIRUT (AFP) - US President George W. Bush should go on trial for lying to the world about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, a leading Lebanese Shiite cleric said on Sunday.

"President Bush... should be seen by the world as an apostle of lies and a preacher of destruction and terrorism," said a statement from Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who has followers throughout the Shiite Muslim world.

Bush "should be tried as the number one liar in the world," Fadlallah said, reacting to a US study that said the American president lied 260 times about Iraq's weapons capacity ahead of the war.

The study, published last week in Washington by the Centre for Public Integrity, said Bush and his top aides made "935 false statements" about Iraqi weapons and its alleged links to Al-Qaeda in the run-up to the war.

"Bush and seven of his administration's top officials methodically propagated erroneous information," it said, with the pace of lies picking up in August 2002 ahead of US congressional consideration of a war resolution.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080127/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonusiraqpolitics

[msongs]

1. you can tell he is not a congressional democrat hehe nt

[frog92969]

2. Sure hope this gets some traction.

[AndyTiedye]

3. The Hague Would be the Most Appropriate Venue

[David__77]

4. I'd prefer a specially-convened tribunal.

I don't think the UN or other established org is the one to do it. A tribunal convened by developing countries who have suffered from the war crimes is most appropriate.

[IndianaGreen]

5. There is no death penalty at The Hague

and if there is a group of criminals more deserving of the death penalty, it is the thugs in the Bush regime.

[AndyTiedye]

6. There Are No Pardons Either

The international community has largely rejected the death penalty, and rightly so.
Turning them over to the Hague for prosecution would be a good start towards restoring our country's relations with the rest of the world.
Let them rot in prison.

[MasonJar]

7. Now there is a Shite that I can finally agree with.

[bagrman]

8. One wonders if this tidbit will make it into the MSM.