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POWs to be dealt with as per Islamic law: Sabri
Prisoners of war in Iraqi hands will be treated in accordance with "the teachings of Islam," Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri told the BBC today. Sabri, in Egypt to rally Arab governments against what he called US and British "colonialism, neo-colonialism and war," said Islamic principles took precedence over the Geneva Convention. "First of all, we are committed to the teachings of Islam. We are faithful Muslims. We take care of our prisoners of war in accordance with our teachings of Islam," he told BBC radio's The World At One programme. "We are the people who created law when the grandfathers of Blair and Bush were living like animals in the caves."Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-24 |
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