Monday, March 08, 2004
Saddam trial could start this year
Maybe in time for the Republican National Convention?
Maybe on the big screen in Madison Square Garden. But here's the bizarre thing:
Well, the Milosevic war-crimes trial made him look like an idiot in the eyes of the world. What's wrong with doing that to Saddam. You know, the rule of law can be, uh, "messy" some times....
The trial of Saddam Hussein, ousted Iraqi president arrested last December by US troops, may be able to start this year, a senior US official said on Monday.
(via Financial Times)
Maybe on the big screen in Madison Square Garden. But here's the bizarre thing:
However, the US wants to avoid a trial that will either drag on indefinitely, or be used as a platform for his views, like that of Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president at the International Criminal Court on the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
Well, the Milosevic war-crimes trial made him look like an idiot in the eyes of the world. What's wrong with doing that to Saddam. You know, the rule of law can be, uh, "messy" some times....
