What should the coalition do with accused Iraqi war criminals?

[jjones]

From this article.

I'm not thrilled about the US going it alone on trying the accused Iraqi war criminals in either a US military or civilian court but how can they be tried in an international criminal court when the "international community" never validated this war? All the defense would have to say is in an international court room is that the war was illegal anyway therefore there cannot be any war crimes.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Trial by Veg-E-Matic comes to mind.

 

[Moonbeam]

We made the bed we lie in.

 

[konichiwa]

If I'm not mistaken most of the crimes with which they will be charged are from previous incidents unrelated/uninvolved with our jaunt.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

In fact, according to the Geneva Convention, most prisoners of war should be released at the end of the conflict, but at the moment the Bush administration is still feeling its way through this complicated legal situation.

I think it's more like ignoring it. This is a good point that does need to be addressed though.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: konichiwa
If I'm not mistaken most of the crimes with which they will be charged are from previous incidents unrelated/uninvolved with our jaunt.

I don't think that this is the case though. I'm curious to know why you think so. I would think the charges might be abuse to prisoners of war, deliberately firing on civilians, coercing civilians to fight under threat of death, these sorts of things. I wonder about other things such as crimes against humanity, etc. but I don't see how the US could pursue those outside of an international court.

 

[Tiger]

Let the Iraqi's try them.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: Tiger
Let the Iraqi's try them.

I agree. The crimes were commited against Iraqi's, if the Iraqi's are as happy about us liberating them as many claim, it would mean that they would also be happy to get back at their oppressors.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce

Originally posted by: Tiger
Let the Iraqi's try them.

I agree. The crimes were commited against Iraqi's, if the Iraqi's are as happy about us liberating them as many claim, it would mean that they would also be happy to get back at their oppressors.

The oppesors wouldn't be too happy about it but that is the logical conclusion.

Does anyone want to place bets on how long they would last if they were just set free on a downtown Baghdad street?

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: etech

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce

Originally posted by: Tiger
Let the Iraqi's try them.

I agree. The crimes were commited against Iraqi's, if the Iraqi's are as happy about us liberating them as many claim, it would mean that they would also be happy to get back at their oppressors.

The oppesors wouldn't be too happy about it but that is the logical conclusion.

Does anyone want to place bets on how long they would last if they were just set free on a downtown Baghdad street?

Actually their have been alot of Civillian Uprisings and murder's of soldiers who have attempted to disappear in the civillian population. Personally, I say we just send the to the Hauge for life.

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: Tiger
Let the Iraqi's try them.

Not only is this the proper thing to do, it leaves out the criticism from the Arab world that is going to be inherent with anything involving the US.

 

[Moonbeam]

Just as long as we control which Iraqis try them.