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Tue 06 Jun 2004Lawyer says Bush could be quizzed here over Iraqi torturePresident Bush should be arrested by gardaí when he lands on Irish soil if it emerges in the coming days that he had knowledge of the torture of prisoners in Iraq, according to a leading senior counsel.Mr Fergal Kavanagh SC, who was defence counsel for a Rwandan government minister accused of war crimes in the UN War Crimes Tribunal, is one of 20 SCs who have signed a statement appealing to people to demonstrate their opposition to President Bush's policy in Iraq. The statement is also signed by 40 solicitors and 150 junior counsel.