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| Saddam Trial Expected in About Late Summer of 2005 |
| 2004-12-02 |
| From Foreign Policy magazine, an interview with Ann Clwyd, a Labour member of the British parliament who has been preparing for the trial of Saddam Hussein since 1996. That was when she founded an organization called Indict to begin collecting evidence for the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other senior Baathists. In May 2003, Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed her his special envoy to Iraq for human rights. FP [Foreign Policy]: .... do you think Saddam will get a fair trial? AC [Ann Clwyd]: I think so. The Iraqis know the rest of the world will be watching them. No one wants to be accused of not giving someone as prominent as that, or indeed any of those charged, anything but a fair trial. .... FP: When do you think the trial will take place? Do you think it can take place with the current security situation? AC: .... I understand they're not planning any trials until probably the middle or three quarters of the way through 2005, and that will be after the elections. .... FP: We're hearing a lot about the trial of Saddam, but what is the status of proceeding against other senior regime figures that Indict has claimed it has evidence against, like Tariq Aziz [the former deputy prime minister]? AC: It's the same situation because these were some people we thought certainly could have been convicted in European courts
.We have information on at least 10 of the top names. FP: Practically, how far down the chain of command do you think these trials should go? AC: I think that's a matter for the Iraqis, based on the evidence they've got. I certainly think those people who did give commands must be brought to trial
.The top 12 should certainly come to trial and I'm pretty sure will. .... FP: Your case for the war in Iraq has always been the human rights situation. Now, some would argue that if this is the rationale, or the standard, then we should be going into Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia, and the rest. What made Iraq distinct? AC: I think the Baathist regime was guilty of some of the worst crimes since the end of the Second World War. That's how unique I think it is. .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #1 Screw that. A quick kangaroo court and a bullet behind the ear is the VERY best that bastard deserves. He'll be lucky if they don't give him to the women... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-02 11:51:59 PM |