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Re: Justice for all.....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:12:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > Is there an addendum that clarifies when a video is humiliating
> > and when it's not? Saddam appeared in lots of video before, and
> > will probably appear in more during the trial. What are the rules
> > on this? I haven't found them yet.
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> A good question. I know there was an uproar when US POW's in Iraq were
> featured even briefly on Al-Jazeera, for example. Hussein was able,
> according to reports, to identify himself as "the President of Iraq"
> to his American captors, so this (if true) demonstrates that he had no
> medical condition preventing him from stating his identity.
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> Beyond that, Hussein's DNA has been sampled since his capture, and that
> would seem to trump the need for any photo as verification of his
> identity (as long as a pre-existing known sample of his DNA was
> available!) The "humiliating' part, in my view, comes up when we see
> endless rebroadcasting of the open-wide-and-say-aah exam, juxtaposed
> with Dubya chanting that Hussein was a rat in a hole.
Yeah that's annoying, but just the sort of thing the media loves
to broadcast. How do you stop them? Anyhow, my question remains:
Has the "Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization"
ever actually identified any of the video on Al-Jazeera or the western
media as "humiliating"? Or is this just the media trying to spice up
the story?
Don
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