Saddam Hussein arrested

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by MrFun

Originally posted by Sava
I don't need help being a nutjob.

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yup

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Send him to Australia.

Well it is strongly rumoured that OBL is driving a taxi in Sydney

And we'd have him out on bail within days

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Snotty
He was a beardy guy hiding in a pit. I think you get arrested by default.

I don't know, the cops always seem to let me alone once they get a whiff of me.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
The interim Iraqi Council has set up a war crimes tribunal that was preparing to try Saddam in Absentia. Now it appears they will actually be trying him.

Dude, I've looked through two atlases and still can't find Absentia. Where is it?

[Kuciwalker]

not

[Ned]

For those who supported Kosovo and who opposed Iraq, who was the worst criminal, Milosovic or Saddam Hussein?

[OzzyKP]

Got 'im!

[Spiffor]

I was against Kosovo too.

But I think Milosevic and Saddam are two completely different kinds of murderers, who have done great evil in two very different ways.

Milosevic had greatly contributed to the implosion of Yugoslavia, as he developed his nationalistic/fascist ideas for political gain. He has direct responsibility in the ignominious massacres that plagued Yugoslavia for years. However, he was clearly not alone, and many people played (murdered) for themselves in the climate he has contributed to create. Toward the Serbs, Milosevic was nothing more than an authoritarian leader, and there were no massacres or massive torture of Serbs AFAIK. OTOH, he was ruthless with the Bosnians, and he has done terrible things to the Kosovars.
All in all, I think Milosevic was less terrible than Saddam, but he commited the greater crime of inoculating the poison that destroyed Yugoslavia and shattered so many lives.

Saddam was a much more straightforward despot. Anybody he didn't like was executed. Any revolt ended up in a mass murder. I think he is much more cruel than Milosevic, but it is possible he bears responsibility for less horror. I'm not sure.

[Ned]

I doubt if the Iraqi's would permit Saddam to leave Iraq to be tried in the Hague. If there is to be an international tribunal, it will have to be held in Iraq.

We may be heading towards another spat with the Europeans on this. We may want to try Saddam for war crimes and crimes against humanity with the death penalty on the table. That cannot be done at the Hague or with the International Criminal Court involved. I also doubt that the UN would authorize a special tribunal with the death penalty on the table.

We might even have problems if the coalition decides to try him because many of its members are against the death penalty.

I doubt that the Iraqi's themselves should be the sole judges of war crimes and crimes against huminity. The Iranians and the Kuwaiti's will want to be involved in such trials in some fashion as they were attacked and were the victims of war crimes.

This may be a real mess.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Alexander's Horse]

I don' think they care what you do. Noone is going to clean up your poo for you on this one.

[Ned]

AH, want to bet?

[aaglo]

Of course Saddam should be trialed first by the Iraq court.

And after that (if there's something else to be done) perhaps somewhere else who thinks they have a case against saddam.

On a sidenote: the capture of saddam does not change the fact that I still don't like G.W.Bush one bit. a piece of crap is still piece of crap, even if you fry it in oil and serve with bearnaisse dressing

[Alexander's Horse]

They'll just carp at whatever you do is my point - do you disagree with that?

[Ted Striker]

A nice victory here

What's even better was the video showing Saddam all f'ed up.

Best piece of propaganda ever.

Now we just gotta go round up that skinny guy. Skinny guy is alot smarter and has better hiding places than tubby though. Tubby has Alzheimers or something...

[Ned]

AH, no I don't. The French and Germans always seem to disagree with anything Bush proposes just like Democrats running for president. Of course, their disagreement is always based on principle.