Bush’s memoir is due out on Tuesday. A few points are worth making:-
He makes clear that he personally approved the use of waterboarding against alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed, an admission the human-rights experts say could one day have legal consequences for him. He recounts being asked by the CIA whether it could proceed with waterboarding Mohammed, who Bush said was suspected of knowing about still-pending terrorist plots against the U.S. Bush writes that his reply was "Damn right" We don’t think the powerful with powerful friends are ever likely to face the courts either in America or at The Hague. Karadzic ended up in the dock at The Hague because he had no friends, unlike Tony B£air and Dubya.
Being accused of not caring about black people was the ‘most disgusting moment’ of his presidency he says. No, I can think of quite a few more. I’ll bet so can most of the New Orleans citizens who lost their homes or loved ones, particularly after the floods and during the incompetent relief effort.
He describes himself as ‘sickened’ by the failure to find WMD’s in Iraq. Not as sickened, I suspect, as the citizens, and particularly children, of Fallujah still suffering the effects of white phosphorous and depleted uranium from bombings ordered by Dubya himself.
I could list many more howlers from the leaked content of his book but it would be too depressing for us all. Dubya lacks a sense of perspective, I think. ←(understatement).
Revolution Muslim have been forced to take down the list of MPs who supported the invasion and occupation of Iraq. We want the removal from office of every MP who voted for the illegal and murderous invasion. The details are available below. If you have the full list as a database, please feel free to post it on here.'The evidence of abuse is emerging just weeks after defence officials admitted that British soldiers and airmen are suspected of being responsible for the murder and manslaughter of a number of Iraqi civilians in addition to the high-profile case of Baha Mousa, the hotel receptionist tortured to death by troops in September 2003. One man is alleged to have been kicked to death aboard an RAF helicopter, while two others died after being held for questioning.'
A specialist team appointed by the government to investigate claims of abuse by British troops in Iraq has received 90 complaints involving 128 Iraqi civilians. The files, relating to allegations between March 2003 and July 2009, have been sent to Geoff White, a former head of Staffordshire CID, who heads the Iraq historic allegations team.
