Ooooooh, to see Georgie in the dock!!!!
Please read: Memory Hole: Our Man in Africa
"Ex-Liberian leader's son gets 97 years
MIAMI - Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and head of a savage paramilitary unit known as the "Demon Forces," was sentenced yesterday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first such case of its kind.
US District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga imposed the sentence after describing Emmanuel's actions against people viewed as rebels or opponents of his father as "sadistic, cruel, and atrocious."
"It is hard to conceive of any more serious offenses against the dignity and the lives of human beings," Altonaga said. "The international community condemns torture."
Emmanuel, a US citizen also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr., was convicted in October in the first use of a 1994 law permitting prosecution in the United States for torture committed in foreign countries. Prosecutors had asked for an even tougher 147-year sentence to send a strong worldwide message against torture, while the defense asked for 20 years.
"Our message to human rights violators, no matter where they are, remains the same: We will use the full reach of US law . . . to hold you accountable for your crimes," said Matthew Friedrich, acting chief of the US Justice Department's criminal division, in a statement....
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Yeah, unless it is the U.S. or Israel committing the atrocities (or some client regime doing our bidding). Then you don't hear a peep from justice. That kind of hypocritical, self-righteous crapola is so outrageous I no longer comment on it.
Funny how the war crimes crap is reserved for black Africans, 'eh?
Memory Hole: Our Ally in Africa
U.S. Backs African War Criminal
Turns out ALL the KILLERS are traced back to CLINTONITE GLOBALISTS and UNPROSECUTED WESTERN WAR CRIMINALS!
Also keep in mind that rendition, secret black site prisons, and the floating dungeons the U.S. maintains are all kept safely out of the public eye.
So, when are the war crimes trials here?
"In addition to Bush, suspects in the alleged conspiracy include a who’s who of top officials in Bush’s first term, principally Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet and their aides, says ABC News."
For more on the abominable atrocity of U.S. torture, go HERE
