Navy sailor to take goverment to court for release of gulf war documents and combat logs.
Ex-navy sailor to sue goverment for release of secret papers of the gulf war. His freedom of information act request has been pending for three years.
(PRWEB) April 14, 2004 -- A ex-navy soldier is making ready his plans to take
legal actions to release goverment documents regarding the gulf
war.
"What started this? It was my intention to wait for the goverment to
release these records in due time. But I decided to speed things because of the
current activities that are happening in Iraq. I recently read about how we
bombed a power plant in Falluja to 'hunt down the criminals', according to
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt. Any armchair general would know this is against
the Geneva Convention, Article 54. Article 54.-Protection of objects
indispensable to the survival of the civilian population.
If you don't
think electricity is indispensable to a modern civilization, who are we kidding?
We used the same logic in the gulf war during 1990, that we had to 'destroy' the
infrastructure in order to battle the enemy. What kind of double standard is
this? Destroying a power plant is brutal to a population. It is outright
inhumane torture to a civilization that is already on the edge of survival and
depends on it. No electricity mean no water. It means no water for your crops.
It means you starve. It means your children who are already malnourished, end up
getting sick and dieing painful deaths.
Obviously, the current
administration running this war thinks that we must "destroy a city" in order to
save it. Does anyone follow this thinking? When I was in the Navy I would read
about similiar bombings that we did against infrastructure in Iraq. Where they
all necessary? I don't think so. Necessary for what? If this was a childhood
game, I know what the kids would be saying. 'That's not fair!' For some reason
we think it is fair? How can we justify not playing by rules of the Geneva
Convention? We are above our own laws? The US is above international laws and
can ignore them?? How so?
Some of Mr. Deluhery writing and history
during the gulf war can be found on his website at gulfwarrior.org. He is
currently looking for legal representation for his case. If you are a lawyer and
would like to help please contact Mr. Deluhery.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prweb118404.htm