Is this What it Has Come to?
Rumslfeld won't show up in Germany where War Crime charges are pending against him for fear of being arrested!
Rumsfeld skips security summit
Facing war crimes charges, Rumsfeld skips security summit
MUNICH — Claiming a prior commitment, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has decided not to attend the Munich Security Conference in February. But the decision may also be due to a war crimes complaint against him in a German court, according to Deutsche Welle.
In December, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed the complaint with the Federal German Prosecutor’s Office, accusing Rumsfeld of war crimes and torture due to his involvement in the war in Iraq.
The defense secretary later sent a message to the German government through the U.S. embassy in Berlin that he wouldn’t attend the Feb. 11-13 meeting if there were a chance a case will be launched against him in Germany. When he informed the German government he would not take part in the conference, however, he didn’t refer to the charges.
In the Jan. 21 Münchner Abendzeitung newspaper, conference chief Horst Teltschik reported that Rumsfeld will instead send the Pentagon’s number three official, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith.
Rumsfeld skips security summit
Facing war crimes charges, Rumsfeld skips security summit
MUNICH — Claiming a prior commitment, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has decided not to attend the Munich Security Conference in February. But the decision may also be due to a war crimes complaint against him in a German court, according to Deutsche Welle.
In December, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed the complaint with the Federal German Prosecutor’s Office, accusing Rumsfeld of war crimes and torture due to his involvement in the war in Iraq.
The defense secretary later sent a message to the German government through the U.S. embassy in Berlin that he wouldn’t attend the Feb. 11-13 meeting if there were a chance a case will be launched against him in Germany. When he informed the German government he would not take part in the conference, however, he didn’t refer to the charges.
In the Jan. 21 Münchner Abendzeitung newspaper, conference chief Horst Teltschik reported that Rumsfeld will instead send the Pentagon’s number three official, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith.
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