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Lawyer wants Saddam tried in Europe
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| 6/13/05
Posted on 06/13/2005 9:06:18 AM PDT by areafiftyone
A lawyer for Saddam Hussein says the deposed Iraqi dictator's upcoming trial should be held in Europe.
London-based attorney Giovanni Di Stefano told a Swedish television interviewer Sunday the defense team would prefer a trial be held in Sweden, Austria, Switzerland or The Hague, Netherlands, Al-Jazeera reported.
Di Stefano told the Swedish television network SVT Iraq was not safe.
"In the unlikely event that our client is tried and convicted, said Di Stefano," he can go straight to a detention center in Sweden.
Al-Jazeera said the Swedish Foreign Ministry had no comment on the report late Sunday.
Lawyers for Saddam said last week the Iraqi government had not yet notified them as to a trial date. Ziad al-Khasawneh, the Jordanian lawyer who leads Saddam's team, told United Press International the group had heard through the media that Saddam's trial will take place within the next two months.
Di Stefano said the defense plans to argue that Saddam is immune to prosecution under the Iraqi constitution.
The constitution of Iraq was deposited with the United Nations in 1969. It was accepted and it was ratified and to this day it has not been altered, he said. We avail ourselves to sovereign immunity, end of story.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: distefano; iraq; saddamlawyer; saddamtrial
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Oh sure - why don't we just send him skiing while he's waiting to go on trial. That should take about 20 years?
To: areafiftyone
Lawyer wants Saddam tried in Europe errrrrrrrrrr. Denied!
Don't think so.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:09:31 AM PDT
by
demlosers
To: areafiftyone
A lawyer for Saddam Hussein says the deposed Iraqi dictator's upcoming trial should be held in Europe. 
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:09:59 AM PDT
by
BullDog108
("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
To: areafiftyone
Do they still bother to have trials in Europe? Oh yes, I forgot about Slobo. Have they released him yet?
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:12:16 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: BullDog108
I want 10 million dollars, a date with Miss. June, and real conservative Republicans in the Senate.
To: areafiftyone
the defense team would prefer a trial be held in Sweden, Austria, Switzerland or The Hague, Netherlands, I would trust the Dutch to conduct a fair trial.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:16:29 AM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Out of the mainstream..........................and better off for it!!)
To: areafiftyone
"Lawyer wants Saddam tried in Europe"
Where he will be honored with hero's parade before having all charges summarily dismissed.
To: Patti_ORiley
Then he would be elected president of France.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:24:04 AM PDT
by
Mr. Keys
To: areafiftyone
Does the lawyer also want Saddam executed in Europe?
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:24:35 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(Euthanasia is an atrocity.)
To: rhombus
Oh yes, I forgot about Slobo. Have they released him yet?I heard they may actually wrap up his trial sometime this decade.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:27:06 AM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: TheDon
Has anyone ever been executed in Europe after WWII?
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:29:03 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: areafiftyone
Di Stefano said the defense plans to argue that Saddam is immune to prosecution under the Iraqi constitution.
ROTFLMIAO!!!!!
Those Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwropeans....they come up with the craziest ideas!
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:30:28 AM PDT
by
Bombardier
(Scratch a Democrat, find a traitor.)
To: areafiftyone
HELL NO!That bastard needs to be tried in Iraq by the Iraqi people!
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:31:39 AM PDT
by
GulfWar1Vet
("If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag." ~ Author unknown)
To: CFC__VRWC
I heard they may actually wrap up his trial sometime this decade.Then he can begin his book tour an co-host with Ron Reagan Jr.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:32:34 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: areafiftyone
We avail ourselves to sovereign immunity, end of story I don't think this scumbag attorney's version of justice is gonna fly.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:34:04 AM PDT
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: rhombus
I think they are still trying him
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:40:04 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: areafiftyone
Yes, by all means let's try him in France. Chirac could be the judge. It'd work out just fine.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:41:55 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: areafiftyone
Why-oh-why didn't they just drop a grenade in that spider hole?
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:43:04 AM PDT
by
Spruce
To: areafiftyone
Compromise: we'll send what's left of the body to Europe. Jacques Chirac can say goodbye to his butt-buddy. "Boys and girls, can you say 'necrophilia'? I knew you could."
To: areafiftyone
A lawyer for Saddam Hussein says the deposed Iraqi dictator's upcoming trial should be held in Europe. How about if the lawyer is tried in Europe.
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posted on
06/13/2005 9:49:52 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know.)
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