Posted on 12/12/2003 8:13:59 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:17:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
AFTER months of soul- searching, it now seems certain that the Iraq Governing Council is prepared to put the fallen Ba'athist regime on trial. The decision is important because it ends the debate over who should hold the trials and where. The council seems confident enough that the Iraqis can handle the task themselves: No need for a court outside Iraq, with foreign judges. The tribunal will sit in Baghdad, with only Iraqi judges to try Saddam and his associates on charges ranging from corruption to crimes against humanity.
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