Saleh v. Bush is a 2013 class action lawsuit filed against members of the George W Bush administration for their alleged involvement in premeditating and carrying out the Iraq War. The suit is being brought to court by Comar Law against former president George W. Bush, former vice president Dick Cheney, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, former national security adviser and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state Colin Powell, and former deputy secretary of defense and president of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz.
Lead plaintiff Sundus Saleh alleges that the defendants planned the war as early as 1998, capitalizing on the September 11 attacks in
2001, to ramp up support for the invasion through fear tactics and
intentional misinformation. The suit argues that the true purpose of the
subsequent war in 2003 was to enact regime change in Iraq and as such
the war was not carried out in self defense, nor with authorization
of the UN Security Council or other relevant international treaties. As such, the defendants are accused of conspiring and committing the crime of aggression against the Iraqi people - a violation of the Nuremberg Principles on crimes against peace.
If brought to court, this case will mark the first time since the Nuremberg Trials that
any government officials have been charged with the crime of aggressive
war, and the first time U.S. officials have been charged with any of
the Nuremberg crimes against peace. - Source