UN expresses deep concern over Saddam trial

Eugene

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:14 AM
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UN expresses deep concern over Saddam trial

UN expresses deep concern over Saddam trial

04 Dec 2005 12:43:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Paul Tait

BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Attacks on lawyers and flaws in the Iraqi
justice system mean the trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes
against humanity will never satisfy international standards, a U.N.
rights official said on Sunday.

John Pace, human rights chief at the United Nations Assistance Mission
in Iraq, also condemned what he called illegal detentions by Iraqi and
U.S. military authorities, including thousands of suspects held at Abu
Ghraib prison.

Pace expressed deep concern over the progress of the Saddam trial,
which has had two brief hearings of a few hours each since Oct. 19,
and resumes on Monday.

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"We believe that weakness in the system of administration of justice,
in addition to the antecedents surrounding the establishment of this
tribunal, will never be able to produce the kind of process that would
be able to satisfy international standards," Pace said.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04757660.htm

Also: Doubts, questions deepen as Saddam trial to resume

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bigbrother05

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:31 AM
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1. Interesting articles.

I had posted before I saw your post, said the trial should be moved to the Hague. Doesn't sound like the American's have much evidence to offer. It should be moved to an international court.

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pinniped

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:34 AM
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2. Someone was allegedly plotting a rocket attack on Sadaam.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_trial_plot

Plot to Rocket Saddam Trial Uncovered

1 hour, 14 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Sunni Arab insurgent group was plotting to attack the trial of
Saddam Hussein when it resumed Monday,
Iraq's national security adviser said Sunday.
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The statement by national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie's office said the 1920 Revolution Brigades planned to fire rockets at the court building during Monday's session. Iraqi intelligence uncovered the plot, but the statement did not say whether anyone had been arrested.

Saddam and seven co-defendants are on trial for the 1982 killing of more than 140 Shiite Muslims in the town of Dujail following an assassination attempt against him there. The defendants face the death penalty if convicted.

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applegrove

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Sun Dec-04-05 09:55 AM
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3. It should be in the war crimes tribunal in Europe. But that will never

happen.

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TankLV

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Sun Dec-04-05 01:53 PM
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4. Just go out and kill him already - that's what you want to do in the first

place!

(Using a lot of hyperbole and sarcasm here - for the intellectually challenged who would take me literally)

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daleo

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Sun Dec-04-05 01:58 PM
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5. A lesson in propaganda vs evidence.

"A U.S. network correspondent, speaking after the second session, was also surprised at the apparently flimsy evidence.

"If this is all they've got, it sort of makes you wonder if the guy might not end up getting off," he said."

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