On April 3, 2014, Sundus Shaker Saleh, an Iraqi single mother of four, is the lead plaintiff in class action lawsuit targeting six key members of the Bush Administration. Her case will come before the United States District Court Northern District of California in San Francisco. George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Paul Wolfowitz are the six key members mentioned in the lawsuit and all represented by the Department of Justice. In Saleh v. Bush, she alleges that the Iraq War was not conducted in self-defense, did not have the appropriate authorization by the United Nations, and therefore constituted a “crime of aggression” under international law—a designation first set down in the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. The aim of the suit is simple: to achieve justice for Iraqis, and to show that no one, not even the president of the United States, is above the law. The violence and chaos that engulfed Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 had tragic consequences for her family and ultimately forced her to flee her homeland for an uncertain future. She has left Iraq, but she is determined to make sure the world hears her story and that someone is held accountable. Lets gather to say Justice for Sundus, Justice for Iraq & Justice for All!
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:12:19 +0000
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