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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 05:41 PM
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War of words between Saddam defense lawyers and the Red Cross...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E3A4A089-7D75-4135-A784-CE56E48DEBE0.htm

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The lawyers have accused the Red Cross of not doing enough to guarantee Saddam Hussein his legal rights, such as meeting his lawyers.

Defence lawyers also failed to get a promise from the Red Cross to provide regular information about Saddam Hussein's detention place and state of health.

Ziad al-Khasaouna who headed the defence lawyers at the meeting said the meeting was a complete failure.

"The Red Cross wants us to remain silent, because we shall need its services in the future" al-Khasaouna said "We refuse this offer, and I would like to say that despite the world's respect for this organisation, it is weak and dominated by US policies regarding Iraq's issues."
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 05:54 PM
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1. From what I've read
The Red Cross wasn't all that helpful regarding the Nazi death camps
either.
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