U.S., Tribunal Disagree on Saddam Handoff

[Barrett808]

U.S., Tribunal Disagree on Saddam Handoff
By DIANA ELIAS, Associated Press Writer

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - The head of Iraq's war-crimes tribunal said Tuesday that the United States has pledged to hand over Saddam Hussein and about 100 other suspects to Iraqi authorities before July 1 if Iraq is ready to take them into custody. U.S. officials denied any decision had been reached.

"The coalition will hand them over if we are able to hold them in custody," Salem Chalabi told The Associated Press.

Salem Chalabi said trials would likely begin early next year — again, "if we are ready" — and that judges would receive "files" on the suspects at the end of this year.

He earlier told local reporters that Saddam would definitely be handed over before July 1, when Iraq assumes sovereignty from its U.S.-led occupiers, and that trials would begin early next year.

"We will put 100 people ... including Saddam Hussein, on trial," he told the reporters. The suspects, he added, "will be delivered to us by the coalition before the transfer of power."

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[damnraddem]

1. Wait, wait -- we can't give you some of these guys.

We need them to run the new Iraqi military we're setting up.

And Hussein himself may be the only one we can find who can hold Iraq together. Tell you what: we'll hand over power to Saddam on June 30, and hand YOU over to him for trial.

As the saying goes: the reBaathization of the deBaathization.

[cosmicdot]

2. the man the White House tried to connect with OBL on 911 ...

... is ... well, not being exactly freed ... at least for the moment ... anything can happen ... is being turned over to ... Iraq ...

... and, this has cost how much money and lives while boosting Halliburton's stocks?

Wouldn't the World Court, The Hague, be the proper place?

Or is this a trade-off for the Geneva Convention abuses by *Bush-Cheney?

[keithyboy]

3. Bush doesn't want a 'legitimate' trial of Saddam. The Bush would be

judged by the same standards...responsible for everything that happend while he was in power...including the prisoner abuses.

[goclark]

4. Help Me On This

I sincerely don't understand.

Saddam kills thousands of his own people,was a bad man and was found not to have the WMD that they said he had.

BushCo. killed thousands of Saddam's people,was a bad man and took over Iraq, destroyed it with Shock and Awe, when he should have been looking for OBL.

Why isn't Bush equally as guilty as Saddam? Isn't it like the pot calling the kettle Black?

Can they both be on trial at the Hague ?