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Push to Indict Dubya Gets Caffeine Boost

Coffee merchant sends 2,200 Prosecution of Bush books to DAs

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 16, 2009 6:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Seattle coffee merchant has sent 2,200 copies of Vincent Bugliosi’s bestselling The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder to DAs whose districts have lost residents to the Iraq war, the Seattle Times reports. The damning book “was the first time in 8 years I had seen anyone lay out a clear blueprint of what we could do because of what Bush has done,” said Bob Alexander.

The book argues that local authorities can hold Bush responsible for Iraq war dead because he lied about the reason for invading. While Bugliosi is in awe of Alexander’s dedication to the cause, prosecutors aren’t biting. “We can't prosecute someone for a murder that occurs in California under Washington state law,” said a local DA. "How can we prosecute for someone that was killed in Iraq?"

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Author and lawyer Vincent Bugliosi. (AP Photo)

Former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo)

Iraqi Army soldiers tend to the dead and wounded moments after a suicide attack. (AP Photo)

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One of the grimmest things you can do is look up the names of all the soldiers who died, in each county, and then match them up with a DA.
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PhillytoWinnetka

Mar 17, 2009 7:24 AM CDT

While you're at it, make sure that you get behind the Prosecute Bill Clinton Campaign for the carnage caused to Serbia & Bosnia during the 90's and the military action he authorized in that region.

Guest

Mar 17, 2009 7:22 AM CDT

Jurisdiction is not a big problem... If we are unable to figure out how to prosecute in the U.S. for crimes against our own highest law, then extradite Mr. Bush to Iraq and have him tried for crimes there.

Derni

Mar 17, 2009 7:08 AM CDT

We can prosecute anyone we want as long as we have "the lawyers" on board. We prosecute soldiers during war time for acts they commit under stress and while they suffer from psychological diffciulties and from the primal threat to loss of life-lets get real.

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Push to Indict Dubya Gets Caffeine Boost