Lahore police have issued their findings in the increasingly controversial case of US consulate employee Raymond Davis’ killings of two Pakistanis on the streets of Lahore, something Davis maintained was self defense.
Police, however, say that their finds refute the claims of self defense, and that Davis’ shootings amounted to “cold-blooded murder.” They confirmed that neither of the Pakistanis had a fingerprint on their pistol’s trigger, and that Davis continued shooting at one of the men as he was trying to flee down the street.
Davis insisted he believed the two men were about to rob him, though recent (as yet unconfirmed) reports have suggested that the two men may have been employees of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency at the time, assigned to follow Davis.
Further controversy surrounds US claims of “diplomatic immunity” for the murders, which would not be the case if Davis is, as previously reported, a technical support staff for the consulate in Lahore. US officials have begun referring to him as an employee of the embassy in Islamabad, however, which could theoretically give him such immunity.
Either way, the controversy surrounding the killings is huge in Pakistan, in no small part because of the US air war against Pakistan’s tribal areas killing so many civilians. One of the slain Pakistanis’ widows has also taken her own life since then, believing that the Zardari government would eventually cave to US pressure and “deny her justice.” This has kept the story in the headlines in Pakistan and makes sweeping the story under the rug virtually impossible.
Trade the murderer of two for the murderer of no-one Asif Zaddiqiu….. Confiscate all the consular one cars by one until the consulate produces the hit and run murder…..
This story appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune front web page. Unfortunately for about 5 minutes. Than it was dumped to about the third page of the World section where no one could possibly find it. This is a story the main stream press appears ready to ignore. The United States has been killing Pakistani nationals with impunity. Drone strikes that kill civilians 95% of the time. Cross border raids from Afghanistan that kill civilians caught in gun battles. Indiscriminate air raids. Now the US demands the right for embassy employees to illegally carry guns and whack whomever they fear. Although embassy employee is evidently a thin cover for a trigger happy CIA assassin.
Considering Americans play video games with "heroes" running around foreign countries murdering people with sniper rifles and we glorify "black op" scumbags in our culture- I have no trouble believing this guy was up to no good.
In 10, 20, 30 years maybe- it will come out that American "black op" guys set off numerous bombs designed to spark internecine warfare in these countries- or what that shithole city on the Potomac calls "stability".
What a dsigrace the United States government is- and American society and culture at large isn't far behind.
The treaty governing diplomatic immunity specificly states it vanishes in capital crime cases, as this is. Dave Lindorff is all over this at thiscantbehappening.net
Let the Quislings and Satraps supported slaughter on savages continue. They were educated, trained and groomed in the western "civilization".
some of many interesting finds in Davies car–numerous photos of girl's schools and cell phones rigged to be used for exploding bombs and large amounts ofrestricted Ammo
From the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_2_1963.pdf):
Article 41
Personal inviolability of consular officers
1.Consular officers shall not be liable to arrest or detention pending trial, except in the case of a
grave crime and pursuant to a decision by the competent judicial authority.
2.Except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this article, consular officers shall not be
committed to prison or be liable to any other form of restriction on their personal freedom save in
execution of a judicial decision of final effect.
3. If criminal proceedings are instituted against a consular officer, he must appear before the
competent authorities. Nevertheless, the proceedings shall be conducted with the respect due to him by reason of his official position and, except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this article, in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. When, in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, it has become necessary to detain a consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay.
Article 42
Notification of arrest, detention or prosecution
In the event of the arrest or detention, pending trial, of a member of the consular staff, or of
criminal proceedings being instituted against him, the receiving State shall promptly notify the head of the consular post. Should the latter be himself the object of any such measure, the receiving State shall notify the sending State through the diplomatic channel.
Article 43
Immunity from jurisdiction
1.Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the
judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions.
The continued detention of Davis is, obviously, seen as a significant threat of some sort by the US government.
One possibility is that he has information that the US considers Pakistan should not acquire. Another is, as the Lahore police maintain, that there is a lot more to the incident than has been reported and the ramifications could embarrass the US if they came out in a prolonged investigation and possible trial. These scenarios are not mutually exclusive, either.
If the outcome was also thought to be embarrassing to the Pakistan authorities Davis would have been freed already – unless the incident can be used by one of the factions within the country who are jockeying for power or as a bargaining chip with the US.
CIA officers overseas need to realize that if they want to just kill people and get away with it they should stay home and just become a cop here in America.