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**Alexander's Horse** · December 15, 2003, 02:19

I got a lot of insight into this by going to the US.

**Ted Striker** · December 15, 2003, 02:22

Well share it dammit

what kind of tease is that

**Alexander's Horse** · December 15, 2003, 02:32

well your "news" is very patriotic

**Urban Ranger** · December 15, 2003, 02:46

Originally posted by aaglo
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

, even when I am trying to erase the imagery from my head

**Imran Siddiqui** · December 15, 2003, 02:58

Sorry not to chime in with other leftists on this one, but I wonder why he should be judged at the Hague.

He can't. What would he be charged under? Milosevic is only being tried at the Hague because of the ICTFY (International Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia). The ICC can't try him, because he crimes were before the signing of the Rome Statute (it is only prospective, not to retroactive). You would have to create an International Criminal Tribunal of Iraq, and it'd be a waste of time to do it for one guy.

It'll have to be an Iraqi or US court.

**The Vagabond** · December 15, 2003, 03:19

Congrats on getting him. But don't you guys think that showing him being inspected by the doctor (especially in his mouth) was a little bit indecent?

**aaglo** · December 15, 2003, 03:20

"Before you buy a horse, you should check it's teeth"

Maybe, just maybe this is somehow a similar thing...?

**Alexander's Horse** · December 15, 2003, 03:24

Originally posted by The Vagabond
Congrats on getting him. But don't you guys think that showing him being inspected by the doctor (especially in his mouth) was a little bit indecent?

Americans are queer for dental hygiene.

**Ned** · December 15, 2003, 03:31

Imran, an Iraqi court will not have jurisdiction to try him under internation law.

**Imran Siddiqui** · December 15, 2003, 03:32

Imran, an Iraqi court will not have jurisdiction to try him under internation law.

Why not? American courts have jurisdiction to try people under international law... why can't Iraqi courts have the same thing?

**Gatekeeper** · December 15, 2003, 03:50

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
well your "news" is very patriotic

Bah. Tell that to the folks who march into the newsroom every week whining about how we're:

1. Not conservative enough.
2. Not liberal enough.
3. Not patriotic enough.
4. Too patriotic.
5. Corporate mouthpieces.
6. Etc.

Heck, we even have a guy who's put up a giant billboard in the city proclaiming our "lack" of interest in covering what he holds dear.

Surely, AH, you're not one of them, are you?

Gatekeeper

**aaglo** · December 15, 2003, 03:50

Originally posted by Ned
Imran, an Iraqi court will not have jurisdiction to try him under internation law.

I assume you can prove your point...

**Imran Siddiqui** · December 15, 2003, 03:53

I don't think he can, aaglo

. After all, most international law disputes have been taken up by national courts.

**Gatekeeper** · December 15, 2003, 04:00

Hmm ... it seems the insurgents aren't taking a break. Two car detonations have been reported in Baghdad — at least four dead, seven wounded, if memory serves correctly.

Gatekeeper

**Agathon** · December 15, 2003, 05:13

Of course any worth this capture might have possibly had will be negated by the US authorized Kangaroo Court that will deal with him.

And did you know, Kaiser Bill used to eat babies?

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