Radical Islamic propaganda site IslamOnline is sponsoring a petition to have the United Nations prosecute the US for war crimes in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal: People Against POW Abuse Petition. (Hat tip: steve miller.)

We, the undersigned, petition the United Nations, its Security Council, Heads of States, and International Organizations to declare that the abuse of Iraqi detainees by Coalition Provisional Authority forces is a war crime and crime against humanity, and to demand that proper legal action be taken against the prepetrators of these crimes.

Furthermore, we insist that these abuses by US and UK soldiers in the Abu Ghraib facility and other detention centers in Iraq be declared a violation of fundamental human rights and a breach of the Geneva Conventions, and that those responsible be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

As the Secretary General of Amnesty International Irene Khan puts it, “The US administration has shown a consistent disregard for the Geneva Conventions and basic principles of law, human rights and decency. This has created a climate in which US soldiers feel they can dehumanize and degrade prisoners with impunity. What we now see in Iraq is the logical consequence of the relentless pursuit of the ‘war on terror’ regardless of the costs to human rights and the rules of war.”

They already have almost 5,000 signatures.