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Sun 20 Apr, 2003 01:53 pm
Slowly the people on the most wanted deck of cards are being captured or turning themselves in and are being turned over to the US military. What, I wonder, will the US do with them? I believe that when the Iraqi's establish a court and justice system they should be turned over to the Iraqi's to deal with them as they will. There crimes if any were against the Iraqi people not the US. What is your opinion regarding the disposition of these people?
It does not matter who judges them. But first of all they should be interrogated by the CIA/Military Intelligence. They may know many interesting things.
steissd
The question is what is their crime and against whom. They have certainly not committed any crimes against the US. What justification does the US have for holding them? They cannot, I believe even be judged as prisoners of war. There is no evidence that they resisted the US advance or fought against it.
I do not say that they should be prosecuted, convicted, etc. IMO, let them be absolutely free. If they want, they may go to the hell. But only after they share with the U.S. intelligence everything they know.
I prefer an ad hoc tribunal. The international criminal tribunals for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR),established by the Security Council, to punish violations of law during the Yugoslavia conflict and the Rwanda genocide of the 1990s have done a great job.
It is the only way people will get a fair trial.
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