MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

US charged with war crimes: the evidence file

The complaint is directed against members of the U.S. armed forces—who are not yet identified— for war crimes described below, against the officers who commanded them in as far as those officers have given orders for illegitimate military actions, or have failed to act to the best of their abilities, when they had knowledge about orders given with respect to these violations or of facts indicating the start of their execution while in the ability to prevent their continuation or stopping them. This is particularly the case for Colonel Bryan P. McCoy, commander of the Third Marine Battalion of the 4th Regiment who has encouraged his men to fire at ambulances and civilians.
This complaint is likewise directed against General Tommy Franks, commander of the U.S. and U.K. forces involved in the recent war on Iraq during which numerous war crimes, described below, particularly the massive and repeated use of cluster bombs against civilian targets, couldn’t have been committed if not on the orders of the highest commander of the troops. In any case, this commander should have had knowledge about orders given with respect to the execution of such a violation of facts indicating the start of their execution. Being the highest commander, General Tommy Franks could have prevented the continuation of these war crimes or stopped them.

[The video and pictures in this report contain graphic images of the reality and horror of the invasion of Iraq.]