Sunday, May 23, 2004
Well, this is handy. The Coalition Provisional Authority, crammed full of people who, if they don't get killed by their own people, will owe their future prosperity to the United States, have signed an agreement that, after the 30th June handover of power, US and UK troops will have immunity from proescution by any Iraqis or their relatives that they might accidentally kill or torture. The way this is probably going to be justified is that the coalition troops aren't completely immune, it's just the Iraqi would have to go to their country and make the complaint there.
What the bastards are in charge are probably hoping won't get pointed out is that currently Iraqi currency is worth so little that all the money in the country is equivelent to one Mars bar, so quite how your average Iraqi is supposed to fund travelling to another country, living while waiting for the slow wheels of justice to turn is unknown. Perhaps Shiteyes Blunkett should oppose this on the grounds it'll bring a flood of illegal immigrants to this country as they struggle to stay here long enough to sue the army for electrocuting their father in the genitals.
This just shows where the coaltion's priorities are at. Not stopping the torture of prisoners such as at Abu Ghraib jail, just making sure in future it'll be more difficult for us to hear about it and almost impossible to seek justice for those who suffer.
So what effect will this have on investigations into the Queen's Lancashire Regiment? They might not have appeared in those photos in the Daily Mirror, but still more evidence is coming out that they tortured Iraqis away from camera lenses. Will they get away from it all if charges aren't made before the 30th June?
And I'm sure that Dubya is pissing himself with terror at the stern threat from the UK that they will boycott any trial of Saddam Hussein in which he might face the death penalty if convicted. We won't do anything to stop such a trial, but we won't get our Air Miles for a journey to Baghdad. I'm sure if this comes up in the deliberations of the West Wing it's only as "Great! Everyone gets to take one more guest to see the firing squad!"
What the bastards are in charge are probably hoping won't get pointed out is that currently Iraqi currency is worth so little that all the money in the country is equivelent to one Mars bar, so quite how your average Iraqi is supposed to fund travelling to another country, living while waiting for the slow wheels of justice to turn is unknown. Perhaps Shiteyes Blunkett should oppose this on the grounds it'll bring a flood of illegal immigrants to this country as they struggle to stay here long enough to sue the army for electrocuting their father in the genitals.
This just shows where the coaltion's priorities are at. Not stopping the torture of prisoners such as at Abu Ghraib jail, just making sure in future it'll be more difficult for us to hear about it and almost impossible to seek justice for those who suffer.
So what effect will this have on investigations into the Queen's Lancashire Regiment? They might not have appeared in those photos in the Daily Mirror, but still more evidence is coming out that they tortured Iraqis away from camera lenses. Will they get away from it all if charges aren't made before the 30th June?
And I'm sure that Dubya is pissing himself with terror at the stern threat from the UK that they will boycott any trial of Saddam Hussein in which he might face the death penalty if convicted. We won't do anything to stop such a trial, but we won't get our Air Miles for a journey to Baghdad. I'm sure if this comes up in the deliberations of the West Wing it's only as "Great! Everyone gets to take one more guest to see the firing squad!"
