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Re: Justice for all.....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:28:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > Should Saddam should get a fair trial in Iraq? Whether he does or not, well
> > we'll see I guess, but that seems to be what Dubya wants.
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> > I'm just wondering whether the many non-US citizens who've been held in
> > Guantanamo Bay for over 2 year without charge, and who aren't even alleged to
> > have been responsible for the murder of tens maybe hundreds of thousands of
> > people, deserve a fair trial in their own country too?
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> > I guess not...
Rumsfeld claimed that Saddam would be treated as a POW under the Geneva
Convention, but that Convention has already been violated by the endless
broadcasting of humiliating video and photos of Saddam following his capture.
> I wonder [Saddam's trial will] be a Just proceeding, in which all evidence can and would be
> entered...
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> "SH, isn't it true you killed thousands of people??? Mass graves and whatnot??"
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> "Why yes it is, while the US administration was paying me off..."
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> "Isn't it true you had WoMD???"
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> "Why yes it is--the ones that the US administration sold me..."
Heh. The reports I've heard so far go something like this:
"Saddam is said to be cooperating with his interrogators, but he remains defiant
on the issue of WoMD."
Sort of presupposes that Saddam had them, despite the utter failure of the Dubya
administration to find them after months of searching (and after Rumsfeld
asserted that we knew exactly where the WoMD are). Oh wait, I forgot, the
*real* reason we invaded Iraq was to liberate the Iraqis, right? That was
always made very clear during the run-up to the war, right?
Dave!
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| (...) What ever happened to all those maps, satellite imagery, intelligence reports and eye witness accounts which pinpointed exactly where the weapons were? Have they been lost? (URL) Yesterday:> Balir: "The Iraq Survey Group has already found (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| Hey, an excuse to read (ok skim) the Geneva Convention. Cool. (...) But what about this? ( from (URL) ) "Prisoners of war who, owing to their physical or mental condition, are unable to state their identity, shall be handed over to the medical (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ah, the pesky WoMD... I figure they all were sequestered to an undisclosed location. Perhaps in Sweden. Maybe we should invade Sweden to go check. OK, who's in? As for this from the Beeb article where Blix talks about the WoMD that was (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think this is why Dubya is keeping such a "I have my own opinion but I'll keep it to myself and let the Iraqis decide..." I mean, the hypocricy can only go so far... "Hey! Look over there!! We captured SH!! Don't look over here, what with (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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