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**Stovegeothnon** · 02-05-2011, 10:59 PM

The left and right both want him arrested. He really is a uniter, after all.

The Hill: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...-to-arrest-him

President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there.

Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva.

Leftist groups had planned to protest the visit, according to news agencies. But several human rights groups had also filed criminal complaints against Bush, demanding that he be taken into custody if he stepped on Swiss soil and investigated for allegations of ordering torture.

A right-wing member of the Swiss parliament also demanded last week Bush's arrest on war crimes allegations if he came to the country, according to Reuters.

02-05-2011, 10:59 PM	#1
Stovegeothnon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	Bush cancels Switzerland visit under threat of protests, efforts to arrest him The left and right both want him arrested. He really is a uniter, after all. The Hill: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...-to-arrest-him President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there. Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva. Leftist groups had planned to protest the visit, according to news agencies. But several human rights groups had also filed criminal complaints against Bush, demanding that he be taken into custody if he stepped on Swiss soil and investigated for allegations of ordering torture. A right-wing member of the Swiss parliament also demanded last week Bush's arrest on war crimes allegations if he came to the country, according to Reuters.
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