The Jordan Bar Association (JBA) is demanding former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein be released from detention and that US and UK occupiers face war crimes charges.
| Hmmm... What're the words I'm looking for here?... Oh, yes: Piss off! |
In a Wednesday letter to the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross Thingy (ICRC), the JBA said the invasion of Iraq without UN approval put the US and UK on the wrong side of international law. "The officials of the invasion forces, regardless of rank, are considered war criminals and their crime is considered an act of international terrorism," said the letter calling for them to be tracked down, arrested and tried.
| No, lawyer guys. Even an unlawful war, for instance an invasion for conquest like Sammy carried out on Kuwait, isn't the same thing as terrorism. |
"It is the right and duty of the Iraqi forces, people and leader to resist and arrest the invasion forces, and their actions would be considered legitimate and embody a legitimate defence of self and country. It is up to all countries to work together to resist the international terrorism carried out by the United States, Britain and their followers," the lawyers' letter said. Hussein Mjalli, Chairman of the Jordan Bar Association, told Aljazeera.net that he has completed legal procedures required to defend Saddam Hussein. "President Saddam's two daughters have been living in Jordan for months, and we have got their formal authorisation to defend their father in court," Mjalli said. Although, Jordan's government is a key Arab ally of the US, the Jordan Bar Association has been planning to set up a legal committee to defend Saddam Hussein, who was arrested near Tikirit in central Iraq last month. |