Bush is spreading democracy in Iraq ...

posted by The Vidiot @ 5:26 PM Permalink

The right to fair trial:

An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News when he was wounded and detained by the U.S. military will be tried next month, CBS officials said Wednesday.
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Charges against [Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein] have not been made public.
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CBS spokeswoman Sandy Genelius said Hussein has been held in Abu Ghraib prison just outside Baghdad and faces life in prison if convicted.

"All we are seeking is due process for Mr. Hussein," Genelius said.
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(Ann Cooper, executive director the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, said) "So far, the handling of this case has been alarming. It's unacceptable that Hussein was held without charge or due process for so long."

The right to elect your own leaders:

Shiites Say U.S. Is Pressuring Iraqi Leader to Step Aside

Senior Shiite politicians said today that the American ambassador has told Shiite officials to inform the Iraqi prime minister that President Bush does not want him to remain the country's leader in the next government.
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"How can they do this?" (Haider al-Ubady, a spokesman for Mr. Jaafari) said. "An ambassador telling a sovereign country what to do is unacceptable."

Yep, spreading democracy, spreading democracy ... oh hell, insert your own joke here.