Posted on 10/19/2005 6:47:04 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
A Spanish judge has issued an international arrest order for three US soldiers whose tank fired at a Baghdad hotel during the war in Iraq, killing a Spanish journalist, a court official said Wednesday.
Jose Couso, who worked for the Spanish television network Telecinco, died April 8, 2003, after the tank crew fired a shell at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad where many journalists were staying to cover the war.
The Spanish judge said he issued the arrest order because of a lack of judicial cooperation from the United States regarding the case.
US officials insist the soldiers believed they were being shot at when they opened fire.
Hipocritas todos. Los españoles son una imitación pálida de sus mismo anteriores. Vaya a tomar por culo maricones de mierda!!!
Next step:
Seals and Marines attack Spain and rescue the soldier, sadly killing 15,000 Spanish civilians. Lots of international complaints, but nothing comes of them. Judge and Spanish government are changed by their people because they were stupid enough to attack the U.S.
End of problem.
A better insult would be to say that Spanish Judge has lost his masculinity and is a limp wristed girlie man.
The Spanish have all the reason in the world to remember the man who said this:
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"
It would be good for them if they listened to that advice as well.
This is great chance for President Bush to come out strongly and denounce this stuff...
Cmon, Bush, you have got to have a whole lot of anger pent up over every little bit of crapola that is being thrown at you...take it all and tell the Spanish idiots where they can stuff their arrest warrants!
Now it sounds like a good idea. Extra ablative armor never hurt anyone.
Charles "The Hammer" Martell.
With friends like Spain,who needs enemies?Am i to assume that these men can be arrested and prosecuted in Spain,or is this a worldwide warrant?
It says that he issued an "international arrest order".
Given the EU-wide extradition treaty to be on the safe side I don't think those soldiers should visit any EU country.
OTH see post #22
And the terrorists have a complete victory in Spain.
Were these the same soldiers who fired a tank shell that did almost a 180 degree turn in mid air and hit the back side of the hotel?
In other news: Spanish wine and other exports to the USA take a dramatic dive at time when the Spanish economy is beginning to mirror Germany and France.
An all too likely scenario except it could happen with any country with an extradition treaty with Spain or the EU. These troops will not be able to leave the US in safety unless Bush takes action to force Spain to rescind this order.
"The soldier arrives, passport control says there's a problem with his passport, asks him to step into an office while they check their paperwork and an island detective then cuffs him and escorts him on the next flight to Barcelona."
Theoretically, maybe. In actuality, not a chance. Liberals and US haters are good at finding activist judges who will pull crap like issuing an arrest warrant like this. Spain's govenment might do some political posturing, but neither Spain, nor some little Caribian country is going to abduct a US citizen under the guise of a criminal trial for an incident that has already been reviewed by the US military.
That would likely be considered an act of war.
Hay Judge....remember the Spanish American War? Maybe you need to go read back up on it. What shall we take this time? Toledo? Or just go straight for Madrid and remove the socialist cancer there?
Exactly. Did'nt spain learn its lesson last time when we were a much weaker nation a.k.a. the Spanish/American war. The tank commander probably thought they were being aimed at with an Anti-Tank missle or rpg and took a counter measure attack to eliminate the threat. I dont blame the soldiers its your life or the enemies in a hot zone, only idiots would think otherwise.
Except where we support it, for example the 5 year trial of Milosovic (they can't pin him on the main charges so they'll keep trying him until they get lucky or everyone dies of old age) who was defending his people from Islamic Jihadies.
See my post #24.
The author of those words: Theodore Roosevelt
Very true but the diplomatic shiete storm and embargo on Spanish goods and tourism will cause them more grief then its worth in the long run. Might even be a catalyst to change governments. But the Islamics will love them long time.
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