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Ex-U.S. Attorney General Ready To Defend Saddam
IslamOnline.net ^
| Dec. 15 2003
| Mustafa Abdel-Halim
Posted on 12/15/2003 7:19:27 PM PST by Senator Pardek
CAIRO, December 15 (IslamOnline.net) Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsy Clarke expressed readiness Sunday, December 14, to act as defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, with western analysts suspecting the captured leader would be given fair trial.
"Certainly, why not. I am ready to act in his defense," Clarke told IslamOnline.net shortly after the U.S. confirmed the detention of Saddam near Tikrit.
Clarke, currently in Cairo to attend a two-day international anti-occupation conference, stressed that Saddam however brutal should be give a "fair, objective and impartial trial".
"Saddam must be domestically prosecuted first and - if this fails - he should be referred to an international court," said the former American official, known for his staunch opposition to the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
He doubted, however, that the ousted Iraqi president would be given such a fair trial.
Clarke averred that neither the U.S.-installed Interim Governing Council (IGC) nor the occupation forces is eligible to try the overthrown president.
"The IGC does not represent Iraq. It is Bush's council," said the former U.S. attorney general.
He noted that the Iraqi body was quick to say that DNA test proved the captured man was Saddam.
"Do you think that they can take the test themselves. They are puppets," Clarke maintained.
For the occupation forces to take over the trial, he dismissed this as a would-be ridiculous proposal.
"Occupation of Iraq is in itself an international crime" and runs counter to common decency and moral integrity.
Asked if Saddam could be taken to the International Criminal Court, the former U.S. attorney general whimsically ruled out the suggestion, noting Washington does not even recognize the court.
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To: jern
He will get a fair Iraqi trial and then he will be executed
81
posted on
12/15/2003 7:58:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
To: Howlin
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsy Clarke Oh, he's not an American. He was Carter's Atty. General.
82
posted on
12/15/2003 8:01:57 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Ladies and gentleman, we got him.)
To: dubyaismypresident
LOL........*whew*
83
posted on
12/15/2003 8:02:25 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
To: Howlin
|
Madeleine Albright was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. when she said in a 1996 interview shown at trial that Saddam Hussein is to blame for Iraq's problems, not U.N. sanctions. |
84
posted on
12/15/2003 8:03:00 PM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Call me paranoid but finding '/*' inside this comment makes me suspicious)
To: Howlin
Tis the season for treason
Happy Holidays from DU
85
posted on
12/15/2003 8:03:16 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Ladies and gentleman, we got him.)
To: Lady In Blue
I don't see it as Bigotry. I see it as fairly accurate, in light of the fact that John Paul sent his emissary, Cardinal Pio Laghi, to tell President Bush that attacking Iraq would be "unjust" and "immoral."
If the Pope, and by extension the Church, considered the liberation of an oppressed people from the grasp of a tyrannical, murderous and sadistic regime is "unjust" and "immoral", then there is a serious problem in the leadership of the Church.
That's not bigotry - that's stating a fact. If you don't like it, either live with it, or try to fix it. Either way, quit whining.
86
posted on
12/15/2003 8:03:48 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
To: Senator Pardek
I knew who it was going to be about before I even saw the article...
Not at all surprised.
To: Senator Pardek
Ramsey Clarke. Why am I not suprised?
88
posted on
12/15/2003 8:04:13 PM PST
by
metalboy
(I`m still waiting for the mass protests against Al Qaida and Saddam)
To: Howlin
He's going to have to arm wrestle Mark Geragos to get the job! "The price is $750,000.... in hundred dollar bills.
Oh yeah....I'll take the briefcase and left over candy bars too."
To: Senator Pardek
IslamOnline.net is a credible source because.........?
90
posted on
12/15/2003 8:06:04 PM PST
by
Ready4Freddy
(Veni Vidi Velcro)
To: Senator Pardek
Sigh. I'm throwing a yellow flag. 15 yards for posting without a mandatory "projectile vomit alert" to be enforced on the kickoff.
91
posted on
12/15/2003 8:06:45 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(This tag line edited by the 9th Circuit Court due to offensive political commentary)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Its getting time to change my tagline again.... hhhmmmm
92
posted on
12/15/2003 8:07:16 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
To: SouthernFreebird; Flyer; dix; bobbyd; humblegunner; Allegra; Xenalyte; PetroniDE; Eaker
Thats what I'm talkin' 'bout!
hmmmm, who appointed him???
Later,
Steve
93
posted on
12/15/2003 8:08:35 PM PST
by
stevie_d_64
(Houston Area Texans)
To: Ready4Freddy
This is the man who:
Flew to Hanoi to give aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese while American POWs were being beaten, tortured, and killed;
Flew to Tehran to condemn the "crimes of America" while his fellow citizens were being held hostage by Iranian militants;
Flew to Tripoli to cheer up Colonel Mohamar Qaddafi after the U.S. bombed Libya terrorist training facilities;
Flew to France to kneel at the feet of the late Ayatollah Khomeini;
Flew to Baghdad to consult with Saddam Hussein;
Flew to the defense of PLO leaders sued by the family of Leon Klinghoffer, the wheelchair-bound American tourist who was shot and tossed overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian commandos in 1986;
Flew to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's side, in a show of solidarity against American imperialism, to defend him against charges of genocide, rape, and torture against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo;
Flew to the aid of indicted Rwanda genocide conspirator Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, a Hutu pastor accused of luring hundreds of Tutsi men, women, and children into his church and hospital compound - where they were massacred by gunmen and grenade-throwers; and
Flew to support the 1993 World Trade Center bombers (he played the race card for sympathetic minority jurors by decrying our racist judicial system), and continues to represent Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, the scheming Muslim cleric now in federal prison for his role in planning New York City terrorist attacks.
So yeah, I'd say in this instance it just might be credible...
94
posted on
12/15/2003 8:09:10 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
since they RCC is opposed to the War in Iraq and supports Saddam being in power. Opposing the war based on religious grounds is hardly equivalent to supporting Saddam being in power. Only a fool would suggest it is.
To: Lady In Blue
***Take your bigotry some where else.***
.............................................THANK YOU............................................
96
posted on
12/15/2003 8:10:04 PM PST
by
kitkat
(Purr, purr)
To: eddie willers
Geragos filed papers today asking for the Taxi, the $750,000, the candy bars and the styrofoam cooler back. :-)
97
posted on
12/15/2003 8:10:29 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
To: Ready4Freddy
IslamOnline.net is a credible source because.........?This is credible because it's Ramsey Clark. He's the one you would expect to volunteer. I knew it was him as soon as I saw the "ex-U.S. Attorney General" header.
98
posted on
12/15/2003 8:10:47 PM PST
by
squidly
To: dubyaismypresident
I thought Ramsey Clark was LBJ's AG.
99
posted on
12/15/2003 8:11:14 PM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Howlin
LOL!
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