Posted on 11/15/2007 10:46:12 AM PST by VoodooEconomics
WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 people from 85 countries who are accused of such crimes as rape, killings, torture and genocide are living in the United States , according to Department of Homeland Security figures.
America has become a haven for the world's war criminals because it lacks the laws needed to prosecute them, Sen. Richard Durbin , D-Ill., said Wednesday. There's been only one U.S. indictment of someone suspected of a serious human-rights abuse. Durbin said torture was the only serious human-rights violation that was a crime under American law when committed outside the United States by a non-American national.
"This is unacceptable. Our laws must change and our determination to end this shameful situation must become a priority," Durbin, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, said at a hearing of the subcommittee Wednesday.
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A lot of criminals serving in Congress, Senator ... any plans to deal with them?
According to Turban Durbin’s previous statements this list should probably include all of the US troops returning from the WOT... Right Dickie?
Bullseye! According to DICK Durbin our own troops are war criminals.
maybe they all have to stay in Iraq then!?!?!!
The article finds two war criminals in hiding - but being persued by the courts(?) And yet the title is that the US is now a war criminal haven.
Hey Turban, what about the 12 to 20 million illegals living here? We already have laws on the books to deal with them. Why aren’t they being enforced?
Dick Durbin talking about the UN?
"This is unacceptable...our determination to end this shameful situation must become a priority,"How true Senator Durbin. Arrest yourself immediately for treason.
Kerry, Durbin, Reid, Kennedy, Pelosi, Clinton, Dodd, Kooksinit, Ron Paul, the NYT, etc, etc. Lead the list of War Criminals in the U.S..
Turban Durbin just loves proving what great international citizens we are by turning a few of his political opponents over to judgment in some conveniently hostile environment. Thanks, Dickie, but no thanks.
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