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Originally posted by Gattigap
True.
It is a clever move by ICRC, though. Seems from the article that they're really more focused on the thousands of other detainees, and understood that the best way to get public attention on it was to shine the light on SH to show the logical flaws in perpetual detainment.
Actual question: Wouldn't SH get handed off to whatever Iraq organization that's been preparing for his trial, anyway? Or are we really thinking that we'll keep him until we're ready?
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Last I heard, the Saddam tribunal was having difficulty coming up with witnesses willing to testify against Saddam. It would suck if it couldn't make a case against one of the world's most notorious and brutal dictators. But I've overestimated the abilities of the Bush team in the past.
It seems inconceivable to me that we would hand him over to any body that was not prepared to guaranty Saddam's conviction of an offense with a penalty of death. I'm no fan of the death penalty, but it would be dangerous to leave him alive - he could be used as a figure head for a band of adventurers plotting a coup.
