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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:06 AM Original message |
So, I'm watching live coverage of the Saddam trial, |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've always thought Saddam has a pretty good case. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. He is being tried for war crimes against his own people. Not all of them. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. War crimes against his own people?Perhaps you mean crimes against humanity |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That is why I said "War Crimes against his own people". To cover the |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. But what if what he did was not illegal? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Killing civilians systematically is a crime against humanity. It is never |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. More than semantics.It's about Iraqi law at the time of the alleged crimes |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Of course he is going to argue that. That does not excuse genocide. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I agree he's a monster. But he is not being charged with genocide. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He is being charged with murder. Thousands of times over. Why |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 04:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "...to bring Iraqis together in a shared moment for once" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 06:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. They'll all be glued to the TV sets. Sunni neighbourhoods will have |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I wonder if Iraqis get tired of that sort of patronising. |
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Quakerfriend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I can't understand why he gets to wear |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Where are you watching this? |
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PowerToThePeople (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Crime Cabal just wants him dead so he can not spill the beans on them. |
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