Vilje
Fledgling Freddie
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As this subject was brought up in the "bombs in London" - thread, I wanted to start a discussion on it.
Some people thinks it is illegal to put Sadam on trial for warcrimes, others thinks it is justified.
I for one, did not like the way USA and it's allies chose to approach the threat from Sadam.
That be ignoring UN's decision on waiting and gather more info first, and act on their own.
When they finally got an hold of Sadam, they charged him with warcrimes. Some people
think this is illegal because they caught him during wartime, and that he is therefore protected by the
Geneve convention.
However, Sadam has during his period as dictator ( much of this happened during peace-time ) :
* Bombed a town with a new type of nervegas to test it on people, this
incident killed more than 5000 people/50 000 inhabitants.
* Kept several thousands of political prisoners
- In total: 300 000 has been killed or gone 'missing', and 4000 villages
destroyed during his regime.
and there is more to it.. info can be found here:
http://www.mk.gov.lv/index.php/en/?id=1360
Is it illegal to put Sadam on trial for what he has done? And if so, do you think it is still justified to do so?
I would like this thread to be about the Sadam case, about terrorism in general, and about how susceptible we are to religion.
I would like for people to freely speak their minds, and with as little flaming as possible. Remember, one view is as good as another.
Please discuss
Some people thinks it is illegal to put Sadam on trial for warcrimes, others thinks it is justified.
I for one, did not like the way USA and it's allies chose to approach the threat from Sadam.
That be ignoring UN's decision on waiting and gather more info first, and act on their own.
When they finally got an hold of Sadam, they charged him with warcrimes. Some people
think this is illegal because they caught him during wartime, and that he is therefore protected by the
Geneve convention.
However, Sadam has during his period as dictator ( much of this happened during peace-time ) :
* Bombed a town with a new type of nervegas to test it on people, this
incident killed more than 5000 people/50 000 inhabitants.
* Kept several thousands of political prisoners
- In total: 300 000 has been killed or gone 'missing', and 4000 villages
destroyed during his regime.
and there is more to it.. info can be found here:
http://www.mk.gov.lv/index.php/en/?id=1360
Is it illegal to put Sadam on trial for what he has done? And if so, do you think it is still justified to do so?
I would like this thread to be about the Sadam case, about terrorism in general, and about how susceptible we are to religion.
I would like for people to freely speak their minds, and with as little flaming as possible. Remember, one view is as good as another.
Please discuss