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November 22, 2010

Mayor of London to Bush: Stay Away From U.K. or Face Possible Arrest
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And the mayor of London has sent a message to former President George W.
Bush to stay away from Britain and other European countries during his
book tour because he could face arrest as a war criminal for authorizing
the use of torture. Mayor Boris Johnson wrote about the possible arrest
of Bush in the Daily Telegraph. He wrote, "Of course, we are told this
scenario is unlikely. Dubya is the former leader of a friendly power,
with whom this country is determined to have good relations. But that is
what torture-authorising Augusto Pinochet thought. And unlike Pinochet,
Mr. Bush is making no bones about what he has done." The former Chilean
dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998.



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