Amnesty International was absent during Saddams reign of terror.
Bruce http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-11-05-voa6.cfm Amnesty International Questions Fairness of Saddam's Trial Amnesty International is questioning the fairness of an Iraqi court's trial of Saddam Hussein. Officials of the London-based human rights group said Sunday the court proceedings were "marred by serious flaws," and were "not impartial." Amnesty International also condemned the death sentences given to the ousted Iraqi president and two of his former senior aides after they were found guilty of crimes against humanity. The organization opposes capital punishment. Meanwhile, Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, addressed the nation on television afterwards, saying the court verdict was aimed not only at Saddam, but also at the entire "dark" period of his rule. Mr. Maliki says Saddam's eventual execution may provide comfort to the families of the many thousands of people killed by his regime. Today's death sentence immediately triggered an automatic appeal process, expected to last about four weeks. The court also delivered judgments against seven former Saddam aides charged in connection with the Dujail killings. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
