thumb|jÃ¼rgen todenhÃ¶fer jÃ¼rgen todenhÃ¶fer (born 12 november 1940 in offenburg) is a german executive,hubert burda media - board author and former politician. todenhÃ¶fer studied law at the universities of munich, paris, bonn and freiburg. he graduated as a doctor of law in 1969 and worked as a judge from 1972 on. he became a member of the christian democratic union of germany (cdu) in 1970 and was a member of the german parliament from 13 december 1972 to 20 december 1990, (five election periods,) where he represented tÃ¼bingen. he also acted as party spokesman for development policy and arms control. in 1980 he visited soviet-occupied afghanistan and started to raise money for refugees. todenhÃ¶fer is one of the most prominent german critics of the us-led wars against afghanistan and against iraq in 2001 and 2003, respectively. till 2008 he has been vice chairman of the executive board at german media company hubert burda media. he claims that during the war in iraq the bush administration was deceiving the public and that the us war in iraq has killed several hundred thousand iraqi civilians. he has visited iraq several times and did original research for his book why do you kill, zaid.wdr5 interview in "tischgesprÃ¤ch", broadcast 15 september 2008, 03:03 to 04:00 he welcomed the international criminal court arrest warrant against the sudanese dictator omar al-bashir and sent an open letter to the prosecutor general of the icc, luis moreno-ocampo, questioning the liability of the icc. he asked for the reasons which led the prosecutor to indict the sudanese dictator but not the us president or the british prime minister. == major works == * wer weint schon um abdul und tanaya? (2003) * andy und marwa. zwei kinder und der krieg (2005) * warum tÃ¶test du, zaid? (2008) * why do you kill?: the untold story of the iraqi resistance, (2008), isbn 978-1-934708-14-9 * teile dein glÃ¼ck (2010) * "du sollst nicht tÃ¶ten: mein traum vom frieden " (2013) == references == == external links == * jÃ¼rgen todenhÃ¶fer's webpage * jÃ¼rgen todenhÃ¶fer on facebook * facebook.teile-dein-glÃ¼ck *jÃ¼rgen todenhÃ¶fer's book "who cries for abdul and tanaya? - the falsities in the crusade against terror" (in german) * {{wayback |url=http://www.warumtoetestduzaid.de/en |date=20120402153038 |title=&quo
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