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Wesley Clark calls for transparant trial of Saddam
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| 12/14/03
| ANTHONY DEUTSCH
Posted on 12/14/2003 7:50:45 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama
The retired general and former NATO (news - web sites) commander said Saddam's capture was welcome news that could have an impact on the anti-coalition insurgency in Iraq (news - web sites).
"I hope this will see a diminishing in the violence against American soldiers in Iraq," he told reporters as he arrived in the Netherlands.
Clark did not say who should try Saddam, but said the trial should be conducted with "the highest legal standards. There can be absolutely no doubt about the rights of the accused."
The case "needs to be as public as possible and the evidence needs to be aired and charges brought," he said.
Clark, contesting for the Democratic nomination for president, declined to comment when asked how Saddam's capture could affect the race or the standings of President George W. Bush (news - web sites).
Clark was on his way to The Hague (news - web sites) where he has been summoned to testify in the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites).
He was to appear in closed session before the U.N. tribunal Monday and Tuesday, but at the insistence of the U.S. government publication of his testimony was being delayed until Friday to allow it to be reviewed and edited of comments deemed compromising to U.S. national security.
As the former supreme commander of NATO, Clark led a 78-day bombing campaign in 1999 aimed at expelling Milosevic's Yugoslav forces involved in a bloody crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
Clark also had extensive contacts with Milosevic when he served as director of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the mid-1990s when the United States was trying to negotiate an end to the war in Bosnia.
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The crackpot opens his mouth yet again! Worried about Saddam's "rights"....what scum he is!
To: 2nd amendment mama
opportunism is sickening.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:52:18 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Weasely to Saddam: Can I wear your cool hat?
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:52:58 AM PST
by
clintonh8r
({Your favorite RAT's name here} is a steaming turd.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Ramsey Clark?
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:53:13 AM PST
by
CWOJackson
(President Bush is responsibile for cellulite...)
To: the invisib1e hand
Clark is NUTS and don't forget....He's Hillary's flunky!!!
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:54:03 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Shaddup Wesley.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:54:25 AM PST
by
PeyersPatches
(I am intestinal fortitude)
To: 2nd amendment mama
A Chauchesku style trial is what Saddam needs Weasley!
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:54:35 AM PST
by
Weimdog
To: CWOJackson
Ramsey Clark? He can be Saddam's lawyer for the tribunal.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:54:48 AM PST
by
HAL9000
To: 2nd amendment mama
What a breathtaking grasp of the obvious Weasely has....of course it will be a tribunal of the highest standard.
It's as easy as 1-2-3: Nuremberg-style tribunal, conviction, death by hanging.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:54:53 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Living life in a minor key.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Clark did not say who should try Saddam, but said the trial should be conducted with "the highest legal standards. There can be absolutely no doubt about the rights of the accused." What rights ... what an asshole .... treason comes to mind thinking of this.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:56:00 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you ought, perform without fail what you resolve.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
At first I thought this was a joke.
Worried about the rights of the accused? Clark, you are a bigger idiot than even I thought.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:56:02 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: the invisib1e hand
Clark will get his "transparent trial". The thing will be all ovr the airwaves; and we will all get to hear first hand about his relation ship with Koffi, Chirac, Shroeder, and the Clintons. By the time this is over, Clark is going to regret his words. This is the end of the Democratic party in 2005. If nothing else, the trial will pre-empty, the coverage of their candidates.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:56:18 AM PST
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Petronski
Let me just add that I hope Saddam's cell is situated so that he is able to hear the carpenters building his gallows.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:56:24 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Living life in a minor key.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Memo to Gen. Clakr:
Shuddaup.
To: 2nd amendment mama
Hey wesley, STFU.
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:58:32 AM PST
by
HighWheeler
(Death is better than taxes because death doesn't get worse every year.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Shuddaup."
Is that the french pronunciation?
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posted on
12/14/2003 7:59:30 AM PST
by
HighWheeler
(Death is better than taxes because death doesn't get worse every year.)
To: 2nd amendment mama
"The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on."
-Arab proverb
17
posted on
12/14/2003 8:00:41 AM PST
by
Snake65
(Osama Bin Decomposing)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Does Wessy think Saddam might not be guilty??
18
posted on
12/14/2003 8:02:29 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Clark would not give "rights" to these people.
Clark's victims at Waco.
Clark's victims in Yugoslavia.
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:02:35 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: 2nd amendment mama
Can we force the Dutch to keep him? Maybe he can run for some office over there?
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posted on
12/14/2003 8:03:51 AM PST
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do!)
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