Pinochet immunity lifted

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Friday May 28, 2004 17:58

by Disaparicido

The look on Thatcher's face must have been priceless!

Pinochet had hoped to persuade judges he was mentally unfit to stand trial and the decision came as a big surprise, provoking gasps - and cheers - in the courtroom.

A Chilean court voted 14-9 to strip the former dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution. The surprise move paves the way for his trial on charges of human rights abuses during his 1973-1990 rule.

Unlike previous cases, the latest lawsuit against Gen Pinochet refers to what was known as Operation Condor. This was a co-ordinated campaign by the Latin American military governments of the 1970s and 1980s to crack down on their suspected opponents.

Previous attempts to prosecute General Pinochet in Chile have been dismissed on medical grounds, with judges persuaded that he is suffering from dementia. His lawyers are expected to make a similar argument when they appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court within the month.

Hopefully he won't have to wait for hell but will soon be able to get plenty of practice sucking cocks and taking it up the ass!

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3000 Disappeared. 300,000 victims of Torture.

by iosaf

Fri May 28, 2004 18:58

and the vast majority have not yet been compensated, accounted for, listed in stone and their names writ out.
that's the facts of the case. Pinochet can now be "done" for the role he played in "operation Condor". The Condor is the bird of the Andes, and also the name of the Legion that bombed Guernica for Hitler. the CIA under a previous republican party U.S. administration toppled an elected regime in Chile and placed Pinochet as client dictator.
This news won't make peoples' dreams better, nor will it bring people back from the dead.
So it is good news rather for "Remembrance" and the ongoing development of _the rules of engagement_
http://chile.indymedia.org/
and a summary by the rights org. that are "doing" this on the period 1974-1990
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/chile/doc/QMir02.html

just cause your parents are deltas dont mean you're not an alpha

there is an order to these things.

by cool eh?

Fri May 28, 2004 18:46

a pecking order indeed.
Alphas first:-
Kissenger.
Thatcher.
Rumsfeld.
Bush.

I'm gonna take you on a magic carpet ride
and push you out the effin door 30,000 feet over the pacific.
or something like that.

if the Irish Government....

by Costa Gavras

Fri May 28, 2004 18:33

if the Irish Government really supported International Law they would arrest Bush the moment he sets foot at Shannon airport.

citizen arrest, anyone?

June 25th.

wow.

by redjade

Fri May 28, 2004 18:23

truly a great day for the history books!

Rummy & W are next!

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Pinochet immunity lifted

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