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Stupid me I thought the war was to uphold the international law, . According to media > reports, senior U.S. officials, including Secretary Rumsfeld > and Vice-President Dick Cheney, have been discussing whether > it might be preferable to kill Saddam Hussein rather than > capture him alive. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, head of the > Coalition Provisional Authority, has also told journalists > that U.S. forces do not want to take Saddam Hussein alive. > "Putting Saddam Hussein on trial will be complicated, but it > has to be done," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of > Human Rights Watch. "You don't build respect for the rule of > law by choosing to kill someone, no matter how heinous their > crimes, because it's the easier thing to do." > Human Rights Watch said that any decision to kill Saddam > Hussein as an alternative to capturing him alive may well > violate international humanitarian law. ----- Original Message ----- From: "emir chen" <hc228@cam.ac.uk> To: "CASI" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Cc: "Ył·" <emirhui@yahoogroups.com.tw> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: [casi] Take Bush, Blair, and Rumsfeld alive! > Take Saddam Hussein Alive? Yes! I agree. But, as a pacifist, > I'd like to take Bush, Blair, and Rumsfeld alive, too. > > Emir > > ==================================== > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Human Rights Watch" > <hrw-news@topica.email-publisher.com> > To: <hc228@cam.ac.uk> > 2003. 8. 12. PM 10:19 > Subject: U.S. Should Take Saddam Hussein Alive > > > U.S. Should Take Saddam Hussein Alive > > (New York, August 12, 2003) - The U.S. government should > take Saddam Hussein into custody if at all possible and make > him stand trial, rather than killing him, Human Rights Watch > said today. > > In a letter sent August 8, Human Rights Watch urged U.S. > Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to state publicly that > the United States wants the former Iraqi president to face > charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity before an > independent and impartial tribunal. According to media > reports, senior U.S. officials, including Secretary Rumsfeld > and Vice-President Dick Cheney, have been discussing whether > it might be preferable to kill Saddam Hussein rather than > capture him alive. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, head of the > Coalition Provisional Authority, has also told journalists > that U.S. forces do not want to take Saddam Hussein alive. > > "Putting Saddam Hussein on trial will be complicated, but it > has to be done," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of > Human Rights Watch. "You don't build respect for the rule of > law by choosing to kill someone, no matter how heinous their > crimes, because it's the easier thing to do." > > Human Rights Watch said that any decision to kill Saddam > Hussein as an alternative to capturing him alive may well > violate international humanitarian law. > > "Even in an armed confrontation, the United States would > have to respect any offer of surrender that Saddam Hussein > might make," Roth said. > > If it's not a combat situation, then policing rules apply, > and U.S. forces can only use lethal force when necessary to > avert an imminent threat to the life of themselves or > others. > > The letter to Rumsfeld can be found at: > http://hrw.org/press/2003/08/us080803.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk