Tariq Aziz refuses to testify against Saddam: lawyer

Agence France-Presse via Sydney Morning Herald ^ | December 25, 2004 | Agence France-Presse

[WmShirerAdmirer]

"The 11 senior aides currently in custody were being held together and were able to see each other for three hours a day but Saddam himself was being held separately, Izzat said."

So is this fear or arrogance in Tariq-Aziz?

[chiefqc]

If he is of no use, hang him now and don't waste anymore time or effort on him.

[William of Orange]

I remember reading Hermann Göring refused to say anything negative of Hitler at the Nürnberg trials. And look how he ended up...

[visualops]

Fear.

[Conservative Canuck]

Fine. Take 'em both out back, kneel 'em down and shoot 'em in the back of the head. NOW.

[C210N]

Could be neither fear nor arrogance. Could be just simple
posturing - for the best deal.

[visualops]

Yeah, that's who'd I'd want to testify for me, Baghdad Bob lol

[lawdude]

Propaganda. He is spilling his guts, fer sure. Here we are ... lying to the media. NO FAIR, NO FAIR!

[Jim Noble]

Tariq is a survivor.

While Saddam is alive, he cannot take the chance of testifying-and neither will anyone else.

We should have killed him when we had the chance.

[b4its2late]

Oh well. They'll probably just hang them togther then. Use one rope, save money.

[hchutch]

We should have just capped him.

[demlosers]

Aziz is back tracking from a week ago...the coward:



"In custody, Aziz ready to name names"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304331/posts

[Esteemed Scholar Jack Bauer]

Give me 15 minutes with him and he'll change his mind.

[stboz]

We're going to lose this fight because we can't not play by the rules.

[oceanview]

true. his trial is going to be a mess.

[GSlob]

"Give me 15 minutes with him and he'll change his mind."
Back to your studies! You'll retake this test again and again. How many times was it explained to you that a good professional does it in a week, and an outstanding master takes up to three?

[oceanview]

what I do not understand, is why they can't take some of these "deck of cards" leaders, like Chemical Ali, and put them on the "rocket docket" - trial, conviction, appeal, execution - all within a 2 week time period. play the tape of the execution 24x7 in the prison where the others are held, try and soften them up.

what is the point of dragging this out?

[Jim Noble]

what is the point of dragging this out?

They're afraid.