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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 10:27 PM
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Saddam team wants to 'try' Bush
Edited on Tue Oct-25-05 10:45 PM by cal04
Saddam Hussein's defense committee wants to put US President George W Bush in the dock to mirror the Baghdad trial of the former Iraqi leader over a Shi'ite massacre, a Jordanian lawyer said on Tuesday.

"We shall contact international and Arab lawyer associations and will put forward the proof allowing for a trial of the criminal Bush at the same time as the fake trial takes place in Iraq," Saleh Armuti told a meeting of the Amman-based Saddam defense committee.

If lawyers abroad fail to take the case to court, "we shall organize it in Jordan and will invite international supporters", Armuti said, without specifying on what grounds he wanted to try Bush. Saddam is currently being tried on charges of murder and torture related to the killing of 148 Shi'ites from the village of Dujail following a failed attempt on the Iraqi leader's life in July 1982.

Saddam's Iraqi lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, who arrived in Amman on Tuesday to take part in talks on co-ordinating strategy for his next court hearing on November 28, did not attend the defense committee meeting.

"Khalil will meet members of the defense team later today," said Jordanian lawyer Ziyad Najdawi.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1823225,00.html
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 10:29 PM
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1. "... without specifying on what grounds ..."
I'm sure they'll think of something.

I love this, it gets better every minute! :bounce:
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 10:43 PM
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2. "I'm sure they'll think of something".
They could try the targeting of the civilian population for starters.
Then they could go for the destruction of basic infrastructure.

Both are violations of the Geneva Conventions.
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 10:51 PM
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3. Too bad being a blubbering idiot isn't illegal! n/t
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countmyvote4real Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 10:55 PM
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4. Saddam’s defense team is pretty sharp there.
In parallel universes they do share some crimes. Abu Ghraib has the torture. Fallujah has the massacre.

Plus, Fitzmas is coming.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-05 11:37 PM
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5. Send Them All to the Hague

Let the International Criminal Court sort it out.
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Gyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-05 12:31 AM
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6. They're not the only ones! N/T
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