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MAF Presents: The Daily Blog
Here at the Move America Forward Daily Blog we chronicle the good news on the War on Terrorism you might
not have heard about on the evening news. We also shine the spotlight on those whose conduct against our
country and our military is unbecoming.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Saddam Hussein: Makes First Court Appearance Thursday
Saddam Has Myriad of Crimes to Face
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - By Liza Porteus
NEW YORK — When Saddam Hussein (search) is indicted on criminal charges, it will be by people he committed countless atrocities against during his 30-year dictatorship.
Iraq took legal custody of Saddam from the U.S. Army on Wednesday and he is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday where he will be formally charged.
What exactly those charges will be however, is unclear — especially since the so-called “Butcher of Baghdad” not only oversaw the murders of Iraqis, but of Kurds, Iranians, Kuwaitis and others.
“It’s going to take a while to prepare complicated trials like that,” said Walter Russell Mead, senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (search). “In one sense, you have so many crimes to choose from, which ones are you going to accuse him of?”
Saddam will be tried by the Iraqi Special Tribunal (search), which covers four types of crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and violations of specific Iraqi laws, including trying to manipulate judges, squandering of public assets and funds and the “threat of war or use of the armed forces of Iraq against an Arab country,” a crime in Iraq since 1958.
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