General Accuses White House of War Crimes

"The two-star general who led an Army investigation into the horrific detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib has accused the Bush administration of war crimes and is calling for accountability.

In his 2004 report on Abu Ghraib, then-Major General Anthony Taguba concluded that "numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees." He called the abuse "systemic and illegal." And, as Seymour M. Hersh reported in the New Yorker, he was rewarded for his honesty by being forced into retirement.

Now, in a preface to a Physicians for Human Rights report based on medical examinations of former detainees, Taguba adds an epilogue to his own investigation.

The new report, he writes, "tells the largely untold human story of what happened to detainees in our custody when the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture. "

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/06/18/BL2008061801546.html

Comment

 By using the term "War Crimes,"  the general has reflected the views of many in the United States and abroad, those  who think that while impeachment is  justified  a  broader accounting is needed, not only for the Bush adminstration but for the actions of other governments. It seems a question for the future. Some of the comments quoted in Enough is Enough Bush in London  by David Wilson  indicate  this may  remain an issue afher 2008.  His article :  http://www.counterpunch.org/wilson06182008.html