Belgian lawyer files war crimes complaint against U.S. general who led war in Iraq

AP | 5/14/03 | PAUL AMES

[chiefqc]

Blah, Blah, Blah. Another useless waste of time.

[FreedomPoster]

As I continue to point out on these stories - Powell needs to summon the Belgian ambassador to a short closed-door meeting at Foggy Bottom. Message: you try and arrest our military commanders on this nonsense, and we will consider it an act of war. No Q&A, summon, deliver message, send the guy out the door.

[Smile-n-Win]

A left-wing candidate in Belgium's upcoming parliamentary elections lodged a war crimes complaint Wednesday against U.S. Iraq war commander Gen. Tommy Franks and a U.S. Marine Corps officer, on behalf of 16 Iraqi civilians.

Is Gerhard Schroder suing him for patent violation?

[CheneyChick]

This is one of those:

Yeah, whatever.

[DB]

Ya but I'd love to watch the US Marines storming the Belgium court recovering our people on live TV.

Hopefully they would resist.

[mewzilla]

What's Belgium?

[mhking]

Message: you try and arrest our military commanders on this nonsense, and we will consider it an act of war. No Q&A, summon, deliver message, send the guy out the door.

Best response I've heard to this foolishness yet.

[AndyJackson]

If they even accept the suit - NATO HQs and SHAPE should move to Poland.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Perhaps they will also file a suit against General George Patton and return Belgium to German occupation!

Oh, I forgot.

The Belgium fagots are better than any other people and only they deserve to be liberated!

[CatoRenasci]

you try and arrest our military commanders on this nonsense, and we will consider it an act of war. No Q&A, summon, deliver message, send the guy out the door.

I think that would be the right approach. But the meeting should take place just as we announce that NATO is moving its headquarters to London, and that all business will henceforth be conducted solely in English.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

OK! No more waffles for me!

[VRWC_minion]

And the world court advocates think the US is overreacting when it says its worried our troops will be sured in it.

[elbucko]

No Q&A, summon, deliver message, send the guy out the door.

My sentiments, exactly.

[elbucko]

"This is not a symbolic action, my clients want an independent inquiry into what happened,"..

Oh. And just who are your clients, Mr. Fermon. In a modern democracy the accused has the right to know the accuser. Or is this the Left's typical "show trial", that has a pre-determined outcome. What you are really asking for is an "inquisition", not a fair trail. You are, Mr. Fermon, one of the reasons Europe's always been a mess.

[RenegadeGDI]

Pfft. How exactly is he going to get Franks? To the lawyer: Nobody gives a shit.

[Post Toasties]

Belgium is the 'Gateway to Luxembourg'.

[Post Toasties]

I'm a little surprised that even a Yurrupeon Court would accept a frivolous suit that defines 'war crimes' down to essentially nothing at all.

[Post Toasties]

Or perhaps I should call it a 'complaint'. Same difference - how can these LW slime be so presumptuous as to use the label 'war crimes' when they claim they don't know the facts?

[shawnlaw]

Well I guess we have to change the name of Belgan Waffles to Freedom Waffles.