Bush… A War Criminal

Published in Al Ahram
(Egypt) on 10 December 2008
by Emad Erian (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mahitab Adham. Edited by Sonia Mladin.

Two years ago according to the Muslim calendar, the ex-president of the U.S. George Bush selected the morning of the Greater Bairam to execute the deceased Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, which was an outrageous insult to the Muslims and their feelings. In the same manner, Bush selected the Greater Bairam eve this year to inflame the Muslims' rage and resentment through his irritating avowals of the war on Iraq and the invasion of its territories in 2003. These declarations indeed call for his trial as a war criminal and a direct apology to the betrayed president Saddam Hussein.

As these announcements are very important, we summarize them again as follows:
During the last week, Bush confirmed that the whole Iraq war was based on deceptive information from the F.B.I. about having weapons of mass destruction. Since there is no proof that Sadam possessed this kind of weapons, Bush owes him an apology for the war!

Few days after those statements, Bush shocked the world again through announcements that had the same seriousness and led to the same irritation as the previous ones: he confirmed that Saddam Hussein had no relation with Al Qaeda organization and that the invasion of Iraq was not related to terrorism, but it happened because Iraq is considered dangerous for the neighbors and the international society!

In fact, Bush cannot escape those clear lies and serious declarations. If Saddam Hussein didn't have any relations with terrorism nor with Al Qaeda and if Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction during his reign, how could we say that Saddam is considered dangerous for the neighbors and the international society?! Bush's announcements and declarations are indeed a confirmation of previous accusations from American and universal foundations and organizations: he fell into a pack of lies when he propagated the Iraq war. The most important accusation was an American study affirming that Bush reiterated more than a thousand lies in order to invade Iraq.

Bush's announcements add nothing new to previous facts, which were also stated by considerable European capitals that participated in the invasion of Iraq like London - the Iraq war was nothing but a big lie and those announcements are based on deceptive and biased information. Despite that, the declarations of the U.S. president who is ready for night to come, are a clear evidence for his conviction according to the rule of law that says: "Confession is the Master of Evidences." Thereby, we are now confronted with a clear and complete crime, a crime of fighting a war without any legal or ethical proofs, a crime of kindling fires in a region that is secure or is destined for stability, a crime of killing, destroying and dividing a country, plundering its wealth and eliminating its power, a crime of killing, disfiguring and dislodging millions of its people and driving them into an unknown future.

Since there is no crime without punishment, we are now confronted with a stage that requires George W. Bush's trial for committing war crimes. Thus, all of the parties involved must move immediately towards this trend, especially the League of Arab States, the Islamic Convention Organization and the U.N., combined with the organizations of civil society inside and outside the Arab nation. In fact, the U.N. has an integral file to convict that man for his crimes. And even if the interests, the political conditions and the U.S. power hindered Bush's conviction, the U.N. should make at least a serious step in order to fulfill its responsibilities and to have the honor for at least attempting to succeed!


بوش‏..‏ مجرم حرب‏!‏

مثلما اختار الرئيس الأمريكي المنتهية ولايته جورج بوش صبيحة يوم عيد الأضحي المبارك قبل نحو عامين هجريين لإعدام الرئيس العراقي الراحل صدام حسين في إهانة صارخة للمسلمين ومشاعرهم‏,‏ فإنه اختار هذا العام عشية عيد الأضحي ليشعل غيظ المسلمين واستياءهم باعترافاته المثيرة حول الحرب علي العراق وغزو أراضيه عام‏2003,‏ وهي اعترافات تستوجب بالفعل محاكمته كمجرم حرب‏,‏ واعتذارا صريحا للرئيس المغدور صدام حسين‏,‏ ولأهمية تلك التصريحات نوجزها مجددا في تأكيد بوش خلال الأسبوع الماضي أن حرب العراق بأكملها قامت علي أساس معلومات كاذبة من المخابرات الأمريكية حول امتلاك العراق أسلحة دمار شامل‏,‏ ولما لم يثبت امتلاك نظام صدام لمثل تلك الأسلحة‏,‏ فإنه ـ أي بوش ـ مدين باعتذار عن تلك الحرب‏!‏

ولم تكد تمر أيام قليلة علي هذه الاعترافات حتي صدم بوش العالم مجددا بتصريحات لا تقل إثارة وخطورة عن سابقتها‏,‏ حيث أكد أن صدام حسين لم تكن له أي علاقة بتنظيم القاعدة وأن غزو العراق لم يكن لصلته بالإرهاب‏,‏ وإنما لأنه يمثل خطرا علي جيرانه والمجتمع الدولي‏!‏

وتلك أكاذيب واضحة واعترافات في منتهي الخطورة توقع بوش في شر أعماله‏,‏ فإذا لم يكن صدام حسين علي علاقة بالإرهاب أو القاعدة‏,‏ وإذا لم يكن العراق في ظل حكمه يمتلك أسلحة للدمار الشامل‏,‏ فكيف يمكن القول إنه يمثل خطرا علي جيرانه والمجتمع الدولي؟‏!..‏ الحقيقة أن تصريحات واعترافات بوش ليست إلا تتويجا لاتهامات سابقة له من جانب مؤسسات وهيئات أمريكية وعالمية بسقوطه في بحر من الأكاذيب عند ترويجه لحرب العراق‏,‏ كان من أبرزها دراسة أمريكية أكدت أن بوش ردد أكثر من ألف أكذوبة لغزو العراق‏.‏

وبرغم أن تصريحات بوش لا تضيف جديدا إلي حقائق سابقة بأن حرب العراق لم تكن سوي أكذوبة كبري‏,‏ وأنها بنيت علي معلومات خاطئة ومغرضة‏,‏ وهي حقائق انطلقت أيضا من عواصم أوروبية كبري شاركت في غزو العراق ـ مثل لندن ـ إلا أن اعترافات الرئيس الأمريكي المتأهب لساعة الغروب هي دليل إدانة صريح‏,‏ وفقا للقاعدة القانونية بأن الاعتراف سيد الأدلة‏,‏ وبذلك فنحن الآن أمام جريمة واضحة ومكتملة المعالم‏,‏ جريمة إشعال حرب دون أسانيد قانونية أو أخلاقية‏,‏ جريمة إشعال النيران في منطقة آمنة أو في طريقها إلي الاستقرار‏,‏ جريمة اغتيال دولة وتدميرها وتمزيقها ونهب ثرواتها وتبديد إمكاناتها وقتل وتشويه وتشريد الملايين من أبناء شعبها والإطاحة بهم نحو مستقبل مجهول‏..‏

ولأنه لا جريمة بلا عقاب‏,‏ فنحن الآن أمام مرحلة تستوجب محاكمة جورج دبليو بوش بتهمة ارتكاب جرائم الحرب وعلي جميع الأطراف المعنية التحرك العاجل صوب هذا الاتجاه‏,‏ وعلي رأس تلك الأطراف جامعة الدول العربية ومنظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي وصولا إلي الأمم المتحدة بالتضامن مع منظمات المجتمع المدني داخل الأمة العربية وخارجها‏,‏ ولديها بالفعل ملف متكامل لإدانة هذا الرجل بجرائمه‏,‏ وإذا حالت المصالح والظروف السياسية وسطوة الولايات المتحدة دون ذلك‏,‏ فليس أقل من التحرك الجاد ولو علي سبيل إبراء الذمة والفوز بشرف المحاولة‏!‏
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  1. as an american I can tell your readers that this is a true story.

    bush should be tried as a war criminal.

    few americans understand this.

    america has turned into a bully nation that thinks it can do no wrong.

    the sad part the new president being a democrat will do nothing as the democrats are very spineless.

    as an american I apologize to the world for our imperialism and suffering we have caused in the world.

    america is learning the hard way the price of imperialism as economic decline is coming fast to america.

    make no mistake this is not a recession we are in but a decline of wealth of a nation.

    nothing hurts americans more than hit them in the pocket book as americans shop till they drop.

    the great america empire is coming to an end. greed and arrogance did her in.

    we had such potential to do good in the world with our wealth but instead we chose imperialism to generate wealth for the few.

    ike warned us what would happen in america if we did not reduce our industrial military complex after world war II but no one listened.

    his warnings have come true. americans love being the super power in the world like a bully loves being the bully on the block.

    we now depend on borrowed money to be this super power. the end is near. our banks insurance companies wall street and auto makers are bankrupt. we now print money to keep us afloat.

    we have caused much suffering in iraq may god forgive us for our imperialism to gain control of their oil for the wealthy few in america.

  2. “… the ex-president of the U.S. George Bush selected the morning of the Greater Bairam to execute the deceased Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, which was an outrageous insult to the Muslims and their feelings.”

    As and Iraqi, this offends me alot. Saddam didn’t deserve to die, he deserved something worse. All the wars he started, Al Ahram is going to ignore? All the people he and his sons killed? Luckily they are now gone, we need to get rid of the Ba’thists now (also known as the Mehdi Army). Iraq will rise. No one in the world deserves to live like the Iraqis do.