Name: David Howell Petraeus

Born: November 7, 1952

Profession: U.S. Army

Current Position: Commander, U.S. Central Command responsible for the U.S war of terror throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. He is overall in charge of the U.S. military action in over 20 countries including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

G.W. Bush Administration Positions: Served as Commanding General, Multi-National Force- Iraq (MNF-I) from January 26, 2007 to Sept. 16, 2008. He oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq. He implemented the “surge” or escalation of the war in Iraq.

In 2003 he commanded the 101^st Airborne Division in the invasion of Iraq. From the invasion until 2004, his division was in charge of counterinsurgency in the area of Mosul, Iraq.

In June 2004 Petraeus became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Command Iraq where he was responsible for training and equipping the various Iraqi puppet forces.

War Crime Charges:

• Complicity in the commission of a war crime – plunder of public and private property, failure to protect civilians.

• Oversaw the surge in Iraq and the current escalation of the war in Afghanistan

• Overall responsibility for missile attacks into Pakistan

• Responsible for the operation of torture prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan

• Complicity in the commission of a war crime – wanton destruction of cities and villages, devastation not justified by military necessity, ill-treatment of civilian population of or in occupied territory.

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