Former war criminal Papon dies at 96 - Democratic Underground

vino

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:06 PM
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Former war criminal Papon dies at 96

PARIS, Feb 17, 2007 (AFP) - French war criminal Maurice Papon, convicted for his role in the World War II deportation of French Jews to Nazi death camps, died Saturday aged 96, his lawyer said.

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Papon had been admitted to hospital early this week in the eastern Paris suburbs for a heart operation described by Vuillemin as "worrying for a man approaching 97 years of age."

A senior official under the wartime Vichy government, Papon was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1998 for his role in organising the deportation of hundreds of Jews to Nazi Germany, where most of them died in extermination camps.

He was released from jail in 2002 on medical grounds. He suffered from heart and kidney ailments, and has been living at his family home at Gretz-Armainvilliers, 20 miles (32 kilometres) east of Paris.

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/france/20070217-France-Papon

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Benhurst

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:23 PM
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1. How does one become a "former" war criminal?

Is a rapist who has served his term a "former" rapist?

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AlCzervik

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:24 PM
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2. he's a formerly alive war criminal.

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Benhurst

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:26 PM
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3. Then he is a "late" war criminal.

Edited on Sat Feb-17-07 02:30 PM by Benhurst

And since the headline has "dies" in it, just War Criminal ...
would be sufficient.

We all look forward to the day when Bush will be a former president; but he will always be a war criminal.

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mix

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:31 PM
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4. nice point

as for france and collaboration, this guy was the tip of iceberg

a symbol for collective sins

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chelsea0011

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:34 PM
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5. those were my thoughts exactly when I read the topic heading

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Kelvin Mace

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Sat Feb-17-07 05:28 PM
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9. Exactly

Former my ass.

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Gman

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Sun Feb-18-07 12:11 AM
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12. Kinda like Bush or Cheney

after '08. They'll be former war criminals meaning they can no longer commit war crimes.

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silverlib

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Sat Feb-17-07 02:38 PM
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6. So much for "the good die young" (eom)

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brentspeak

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Sat Feb-17-07 03:16 PM
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7. ??

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silverlib

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:30 PM
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11. Well, that was the most backasswards remark

Edited on Sat Feb-17-07 07:31 PM by silverlib

I've made in a long time. I certainly should have gone to bed earlier last night.

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JohnLocke

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Sat Feb-17-07 03:21 PM
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8. Bon débarras, trou du cul! (nt)

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saigon68

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Sat Feb-17-07 06:32 PM
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10. Il est évident

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