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Call to free Iraq's Tariq Aziz
BBC ^
| Monday, 24 December 2007, 00:40 GMT
Posted on 12/23/2007 7:56:31 PM PST by james500
The spiritual leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community has called on US forces to release Saddam Hussein's ex-deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
Cardinal Emmanuel Delly made the request in his Christmas message.
Mr Aziz, who is himself a Christian, gave himself up to US forces after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 but no charges have been brought against him.
He was seen in court last year in his pyjamas, testifying for the defence in the trial of Saddam Hussein.
"In terms of Tariq Aziz," Cardinal Delly said, "we have to demand the release of all those who were captured and which have no evidence against them."
The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, who criticised the US-led invasion in 2003, said his requests to visit Mr Aziz in prison had been turned down.
Iraqi prosecutors say he could face charges in connection with the crushing of the Shia Muslim uprising after the 1991 Gulf War.
In January last year, Mr Aziz's lawyer said his client had suffered a stroke.
In his message, Cardinal Delly also called for religious freedom in Iraq, where many Christians have been kidnapped, killed or forced to flee.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqichristians; tariqaziz
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posted on
12/23/2007 7:56:31 PM PST
by
james500
To: james500
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posted on
12/23/2007 7:59:38 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: james500
Here is Tariq in happier times ....
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:01:21 PM PST
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
To: james500
Mr Aziz, who is himself a Christian
Huh?? If so, then A. What the crap was he doing working for Saddam Hussein, and B. How did a Christian get a position an Islamic government in the first place??
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:02:08 PM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
To: ARE SOLE
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:02:39 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: G8 Diplomat
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:03:14 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: All
Tariq Aziz made it into this famous item....
In fact, thanks to him, I won a round of gin rummy last night!
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:06:37 PM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
To: james500
Let’s free him of his Earthly bonds.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:08:22 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: james500
He was seen in court last year in his pajamas, testifying for the defense in the trial of Saddam Hussein. Calling Steve Martin. Was he wearing plaid, or was he dead?
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:09:14 PM PST
by
outofstyle
(My Ride's Here)
To: G8 Diplomat
Iraq was a secular dictatorship. There were Chaldean Christians and Armenians in the government, although the vast majority were Sunni Muslims.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:09:30 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(I NO Heart Huckabee)
To: james500
“Cardinal Emmanuel Delly made the request in his Christmas message.”
This ass clown must have been speaking on the Delly show. How about if the U.S. agrees with Iraq to just give up Saddam Hussein? Would that be ok? After all, Saddam is dead.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:12:42 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
To: james500
My inclination is to shoot him. Then again, it's Christmas.
Stranger things have happened. Pilate pardoned Barabbas.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:14:19 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: ARE SOLE
Hahahaha! That’s Larry Tate from Bewitched!
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:15:18 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: South40
Yes, he may be a war criminal, but he was not a republican. Had he been a republican, the left would have been screaming for him to be executed.
To: james500
Sounds like something Huckabee might fall for.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:24:47 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: james500
Saddam’s mouthpiece should hang.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:31:34 PM PST
by
jrooney
(Ron Paul makes Jimmy Carter look tough and Dennis Kucinich look sane.)
To: james500
No way, how stupid that would be.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:36:16 PM PST
by
Brandie
(Vote for a Conservative! Islam is a Death Cult, is that simple enough to understand!)
To: james500
Cardinal Delly said, “we have to demand
*********
Demand?
Cardinal, if it weren’t Christmas I’d tell you where to put you’re demand....Sir.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:41:32 PM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush in 2008; mark my words.)
To: G8 Diplomat
Erm, Saddam’s govm’t wasn’t islamic at all. They were more of socialist/secularist dictatorship.
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posted on
12/23/2007 8:53:25 PM PST
by
farlander
(Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
To: james500
"Mr. Aziz - he did no wrong. I have it from many authentic sources. It's only those infidels who make up stories about him."
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