Gulf War POW's still being denied justice under Bush

Published: January 25, 2008, 6:46 pm

Tags: rumsfeld, pow s, bush the commander guy, gulf war

Gulf War POWs push for Iraqi reparationsBy William H. McMichael - Staff writerPosted : Friday Jan 25, 2008 14:30:59 ESTU.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War who were captured and tortured by Iraqi forces are renewing their efforts to get President Bush to relent and allow them to pursue damages against the Iraqi government that were awarded by a federal court in 2003.Bush vetoed the 2008 defense authorization bill Dec. 28 over a provision that, in essence, would allow former prisoners of war to sue Iraq for damages for their torture while in captivity. Bush claimed that enacting the provision would, among other things, allow plaintiffs' lawyers to tie up billions of dollars in Iraqi funds for reconstruction that our troops in the field depend on to maintain security gains. According to a Dec. 28 report in Congressional Quarterly, Bush issued his veto after lawyers for the Iraqi government threatened to withdraw $25 billion worth of assets from U.S. banks if the provision was

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