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Old 12-14-2003, 04:20 PM
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Originally posted by CanadianTeke
Does anybody know where he will be tried? Will it be for Genocide at the International court in The Hauge? ( i am pretty sure charges were laid there against him months ago). I don't think there is anywhere else he can be tried, American Law doesn't apply, and Iraqi law at the time of the crimes didn't really exist, (the will of the soverign was the basic rule of law from my understanding). I think the only way for there to be a fair trial would be at The Hauge.
I think that Iraq will be allowed to try him. The reason is simple; Iraq needs to heal, and being incontrol of the judicial process that determines Saddam's fate will have a cathartic effect.
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