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INDICT:Bringing Iraqi war criminals to justice
Mike McConnell, host, 700 WLW 3/19/03 ^
Posted on 03/19/2003 7:50:53 AM PST by happydogdesign
INDICT was established in late 1997 to campaign for the creation of an ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal - similar to those established for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda - to try leading members of the Iraqi regime on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide and torture. The campaign was launched in the House of Commons and in the US Senate and remained dependent on voluntary donations and assistance until it was awarded a financial grant through the Iraq Liberation Act, passed by the US Congress in December 1998, which allocated funds to various Iraqi opposition groups and specifically allocated money for war crimes issues
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Saddam Hussein's regime continues to violate the human rights of the Iraqi people. The regime's contempt for its own citizens, its neighbours and the international community has increasingly isolated Iraqi society. Saddam Hussein, members of his family and other Iraqi officials have committed genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture. INDICT seeks to bring leading members of the regime to justice in national courts or before an international tribunal.
To: happydogdesign
INDICT seeks to bring leading members of the regime to justice in national courts or before an international tribunal.I've got a suggestion - keep quiet until the war is either over or winding down. Trumpeting that key Iraqi officials should face a war tribunal independent of what goes down in this war will give them a disincentive to surrender.
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posted on
03/19/2003 7:52:56 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Render yourself invisible to the media - attend a Rally for America today!)
To: happydogdesign
No thank you.
An American military tribunal will do quite nicely. We don't need to codify international courts as superceding national sovereignty.
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posted on
03/19/2003 7:54:35 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(Because there are people in power who are truly evil.)
To: Carry_Okie; happydogdesign
<< No thank you.
An American military tribunal will do quite nicely. We don't need to codify international courts as superceding national sovereignty. >>
Absolutely!
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posted on
03/19/2003 9:04:16 AM PST
by
Brian Allen
(This above all -- to thine own self be true)
To: happydogdesign
The US should do to Iraq what they did to Germany and Japan. End all military. Leave a police force. Have the country declared neutral and defended by the UN if attacked. No artillary, fighter aircraft etc. Make the country build it's self without a military.
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posted on
03/19/2003 9:20:04 AM PST
by
q_an_a
To: happydogdesign
Here's their Tribunal...
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posted on
03/19/2003 2:28:49 PM PST
by
theDentist
(So..... This is Virginia..... where are all the virgins?)
To: happydogdesign
Do not send Sadamn to Belgium or the ICC. Send him to Gitmo. Let Bush Sr. be the lead judge. Problem solved.
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posted on
03/20/2003 7:55:12 AM PST
by
Beck_isright
(I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me...)
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