HOUSE VOTES TO SEND ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Notwithstanding a news blackout by corporate media, the House voted to send the impeachment document on to the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, June 11th. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who read out the Articles before the House on Tuesday, pledged that he would not let the issue rest, and would continue to press forward, and would soon meet with Judiciary Chairman, John Conyers.

Kucinich continued in the statement. “President Bush was principally responsible for directing the United States Armed Forces to attack Iraq.

“I believe that there is sufficient evidence in the articles to support the charge that President Bush allowed, authorized and sanctioned the manipulation of intelligence by those acting under his direction and control, misleading Congress to approve a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq.

“As a result over 4,000 United States soldiers have died in combat in Iraq, with tens of thousands injured, many of them permanently impaired,” explained Kucinich. “Over a million innocent Iraqis have perished in a war which was based on lies, a war which will cost the American taxpayers as much as three trillion dollars.

The Ohio lawmaker said that it is now “incumbent” for the Judiciary Committee to review evidence he presented. He promised that if the committee failed to hold any hearings on the resolution within thirty days, he would repeat his efforts. He told one reporter Wednesday, “Leadership wants to bury it, but this is one resolution that will be coming back from the dead. … I will be bringing the resolution up again, and I won’t be the only one reading it.”

(Mike Sheehan/Raw Story)