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Saddam Should Face International Court - Del Ponte
| Fresh from her scintillating victory over Milosevic, Carla sets her sights even higher! |
GENEVA (Reuters) - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein should face an international court, Chief United Nations war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Thursday. His trial should not be held in Iraq, as it would be difficult to avoid "political interference," she told a news conference.
Saddam, arrested by U.S. occupation forces in December, is accused of atrocities including a poison gas attack by aircraft which killed 5,000 Kurds in Halabja 16 years ago. "My opinion is that an ad hoc international criminal tribunal will be the best instrument to have a fair trial against Saddam Hussein," she said.
| Who gives a rip about your opinion? |
The court "could be near Iraq," she said. This would make the collection and transfer of evidence easier.
| We could do it with an Iraqi tribunal, too, which would make hearing evidence easier yet. |
"It is difficult to conduct the trial if politics interfere. To avoid interference from outside, I think an international court could serve best," she said.
| "Preferably one run by me, me, ME!" |
Del Ponte, a former Swiss attorney-general, is chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Now heading the prosecution of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, she was formerly chief prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda investigating the 1994 genocide.
| She botched that too. Wonder if Jacques, Dominic, Carla & Co are trying to set the fix on Sammy? |
Posted by: Steve White 2004-03-18 |
