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        "Accountability for war crimes is imperative": An interview with Cindy Sheehan                 By Mike Whitney          : Information Clearing House -  ICH

"Accountability for war crimes is imperative": An interview with Cindy Sheehan By Mike Whitney : Information Clearing House - ICH: "Cindy Sheehan---In my opinion, accountability for war crimes committed on the people of Iraq/Afghanistan and, now Pakistan, is imperative.

The US has been committing war crimes for at least the last 100 years (off the continent) and none of our leaders have ever been held accountable and that's one of the reasons that the empire is able to keep rolling."

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