The occupiers' trial: The trial of Saddam Hussein a running soap opera
by Pepe Escobar
The court, the training and the whole proceedings cost US$75 million - courtesy of US taxpayers (the budget was allocated in May 2004). About 300 people - paid by the Americans - work on the trial machinery. The five "secret" Iraqi judges - Shi'ites and Kurds, no Sunnis - are paid by the Americans, live inside the Green Zone and are protected by the Americans from being kidnapped or killed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10669.htm
A chance for justice, but will it be seized?
"We have grave concerns that the tribunal will not provide the fair trial guarantees required by international law," said Richard Dicker of Human Rights Watch.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10671.htm
The court, the training and the whole proceedings cost US$75 million - courtesy of US taxpayers (the budget was allocated in May 2004). About 300 people - paid by the Americans - work on the trial machinery. The five "secret" Iraqi judges - Shi'ites and Kurds, no Sunnis - are paid by the Americans, live inside the Green Zone and are protected by the Americans from being kidnapped or killed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10669.htm
A chance for justice, but will it be seized?
"We have grave concerns that the tribunal will not provide the fair trial guarantees required by international law," said Richard Dicker of Human Rights Watch.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10671.htm
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