Iraqis will have legal custody of Saddam - US will keep physical custody..

kentuck

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Tue Jun-22-04 04:18 PM
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Iraqis will have legal custody of Saddam - US will keep physical custody..

Just heard on MSNBC News... What does that mean? If anything? Nothing changes. How could they "legally" give other prisoners over to a sovereign nation of Iraq but keep one, Saddam Hussein? Would that be questionable by international laws relating to sovereign control?

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greatauntoftriplets

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Tue Jun-22-04 04:20 PM
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1. Legal double-speak.

They think it might sound good to the Iraqis, whom I think will not be fooled.

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Jacobin

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Tue Jun-22-04 04:21 PM
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2. Do the Iraqis get to see him every other weekend?

And maybe on his birthday.

:-)

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kiahzero

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Tue Jun-22-04 04:23 PM
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3. If it actually means what the words mean,

The United States would just be playing jailor, and would be legally obliged to do what the Iraqi government asked the US government to do.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter either way, because "full sovereignity" will almost certainly be nonexistant.

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GiovanniC

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Tue Jun-22-04 04:25 PM
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4. It Means Iraqis Will Have to Pay US Child Support

But Iraqis can sign premission slips for Saddam's field trips.

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PretzelWarrior

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Tue Jun-22-04 05:44 PM
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8. funny. funny stuff. was thinking same thing about child custody

so....they have legal custody and can help in what day care he goes to, what doctors he sees, and visitation will be based on a formula where every other Ramadan is with the non custodial Government.

Jeeeezus. ooops...

Mohaaaaammadd.

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lanparty

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Tue Jun-22-04 05:40 PM
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5. Iraqis will have full sovereignty but ...

... the US will have veto power and choose all the ministers.

Same shit, different sentence. These guys have taken lying to a high art form. They make Big Brother look like an amateur.

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Eric J in MN

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Tue Jun-22-04 05:42 PM
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6. Who says the US will give all the other prisoners to the Iraqis? nt

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CrispyQ

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Tue Jun-22-04 05:43 PM
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7. Possession is 9/10 of the law.

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Deja Q

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Tue Jun-22-04 05:55 PM
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9. Not shocking...

Saddam's probably been quietly killed and tortured to death (a fate I am not against, given the horrors that creature committed... if only all evil dictators could have the same fate.) Heck, they've learned from Saddam's sadist sons that you don't parade the dead bodies around town for all to see...

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