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Legal strategies abound for Saddam
Washington Times ^
| Thursday, January 1, 2004
| Anne Gearan
Posted on 01/01/2004 1:17:38 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:11:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Even Saddam Hussein has legal options.
The deposed Iraqi leader could harken back to the trials of Nazi leaders and Japanese commanders after World War II to fight expected charges of genocide and war crimes, claiming he never personally killed anyone or that he had no control over atrocities committed in his name, U.S. defense lawyers and scholars say.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqijustice; rebuildingiraq; saddamdefense; saddamtrial
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To: JohnHuang2
Yo Saddam! I gotta defense strategery for ya!
If I was youse, I'd find a way to kill myself before the former victims of your regime get ahold of youse.
It could get real ugly.
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posted on
01/01/2004 1:43:03 AM PST
by
clee1
(Where's the beef???)
To: seamole
Trial or no trial, Saddam is the walking dead. There is no place on this planet where he would be able to relax and not be looking over his shoulder. Turning him loose would be the worst possible sentence he could face.
I'm sure that the Iraqis will handle him 'correctly'. "How would you like your Saddam today?" Shredded. Slowly.
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posted on
01/01/2004 1:47:04 AM PST
by
11B3
(Democratic Socialsts of America: 78 members in Congress. Treason? YES.)
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