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Cheyney impeachment bill submitted

emigre | 25.04.2007 15:34 | Iraq | Terror War | World

Impeachment proceedings started against VP Cheney. Not covered by mainstream news, apparently!


Rumours about a Cheney impeachment bill have been flying for days, but no confirmation on any mainstream news... but this (below) is the first report I've seen to actually include direct quotes. It was posted as a comment here on indymedia.uk and I'm reposting it as a news story.
The impeachment documents are at  http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm

emigre


Reposted from
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1906096.htm


US Democrat seeks Cheney's impeachment

A veteran United States politician has introduced legislation urging Vice-President Dick Cheney's impeachment for allegedly manipulating intelligence used to justify the US invasion of Iraq.

House of Representatives Democrat Dennis Kucinich introduced a resolution saying that Mr Cheney "has purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States".

Mr Kucinich, a contender for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, said Mr Cheney did so "by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq".

His Bill further accused the Vice-President of trumping up "an alleged relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda," and having "openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States".

Mr Kucinich told a news conference the Bill, if passed, would go a long way in restoring America's world standing, which has suffered because of the Iraq debacle.

"Something has to be done to reclaim our country's goodness, to reclaim a government that American people want to be honest, want to be just," he said.

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This is Major news in the US

25.04.2007 16:20

You can watch the US take on the impeachment bill on Democracy Now!
Of course this important development is ignored in the US/UK Corporate News.

 http://www.democracynow.org/index.shtml

Other Headlines today:

- UN: Iraqi Gov. Refusing to Disclose Civilian Toll
- Ranger: Army Ordered Me to Cover-up Tillman Death
- Jessica Lynch: Army Lied About Capture, Rescue
- Kucinich Introduces Measure to Impeach Cheney
- Counsel Probing White House Led by Scandal-Linked Bush Appointee
- Pentagon to Close Controversial Spy Database
- Mexico City Legalizes Abortion
- Opposition Grows to US Missile System in Eastern Europe
- Gitmo Detainee Charged for Alleged Crime Committed at 14
- WHO: Climate Change Deaths to Double by 2030
- Report: Wal-Mart Recruting Former Military, Intel Officers
- 200th Person Exonerated by DNA Speaks Out after Release

Bongo


Yeah right...

25.04.2007 17:02

R U kidding, this is gonna get about as far as the 9/11 investigation did.

BTW, when Clinton was impeached for sex it cost the US tax payer $50m. When the Challenger exploded the investigation cost $30m.

How much for 'the worst attack in American history' 9/11 investigation - $3m (yes, three million). You can work it out for yourself.

Doris Stokes


Odds On

25.04.2007 18:29

If the US do get an impeachment, I bet you we'll be allowed to have one too. Tony Blair on the run in Brasil like Ronnie Biggs ?

"No One is Innocent" and "Belsen Was a Gas" would certainly gain something from the ugliest member of 'Ugly Rumours'.

Danny
- Homepage: http://www.uglyrumours.com/


Actually:

26.04.2007 15:43

Doesn't this bill need a co-sponsor to progress? Last I read there aren't any (yet). If the bill gets co-sponsorship then it really be "big news".

If it gets anywhere, what's the bets the PNAC gang start blaming foreign intelligence, particularly the UK.A few sacrificial lambs will be offered up by MI6 and then "move along now, there's nothing to see here!"

Hersh examines the story of the processes behind the US's deliberate soliciting of totally rubbish intel to build a case against Saddam:

 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chain-Command-Road-Abu-Ghraib/dp/0713998458/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/026-5522011-2387625?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177602086&sr=8-4

Naysayer