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winterbadgerConfusion over who's making the decisions.
from the BBC.
Why is a political party, let alone one sponsored by the US and not popular among Iraqis, setting up the tribunal to try Saddam Hussein?
This report from CNN says the governing council, not the INC, set up the tribunal, but who knows which is correct?
And why does the US place so much faith in the INC, which is run by people who haven't lived in Iraq for decades? This is like the Allies putting Louis XVIII on the throne of France after they overthrew Napoleon.
A spokesman for the pro-American Iraqi National Congress has given details of the new tribunal being set up to try former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi National Congress has named a general director of the tribunal, seven judges and several prosecutors.
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"Lawyer Salem Chalabi was named president of the court," said Entifadh Qanbar, spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress (INC).
Mr Chalabi is a US-educated lawyer and nephew of the head of the INC, Ahmed Chalabi.
During Saddam Hussein's rule, the INC was a fractious opposition group of Iraqi exiles. It has received funding from the US for much of the period since the 1991 Gulf War.
Within in Iraq, it has limited support and credibility, partly because it is so close to the American administration.
from the BBC.
Why is a political party, let alone one sponsored by the US and not popular among Iraqis, setting up the tribunal to try Saddam Hussein?
This report from CNN says the governing council, not the INC, set up the tribunal, but who knows which is correct?
And why does the US place so much faith in the INC, which is run by people who haven't lived in Iraq for decades? This is like the Allies putting Louis XVIII on the throne of France after they overthrew Napoleon.
