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Malaysian tribunal finds Bush guilty of war crimes | A war crimes tribunal in Malaysia has convicted
former US President George W. Bush and seven of his allies as war criminals for
torture and inhumane treatment of people at US military bases. Being a tribunal
of conscience, however, the five-member panel chaired by tribunal president judge
Lamin Mohd Yunus had no power to enforce or impose custodial sentence on the convicted
eight. "We find the witnesses, who were victims placed in detention illegally
by the convicted persons and their government, are entitled to payment of reparations,"
The Star quoted Yunus, as saying. He added that the tribunal's award of reparations
would be submitted to the War Crimes Commission and recommended the victims find
a judicial entity that could enforce the verdict. Meanwhile, on Thursday, head
of the prosecution Prof Gurdial Singh Nijar said Bush had issued an executive
order to commit war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan . Five former Iraqi detainees,
who were tortured while being detained in various prisons including Guantanamo
Bay , were called to give their testimonies before the Tribunal during the trial,
which started on May 7.
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