The top U.N. diplomat said Monday he could not support bringing captured Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before a tribunal that might sentence him to death. ââThe U.N. does not support death penalty. In all the courts we have set up (U.N. officials) have not included death penalty,ââ Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a brief encounter with reporters at the United Nations.
| The victims of those people brought before UN courts, y'see, are magically brought back to life. There's no reason, no justification, for putting to death the people who tortured and killed them without mercy... |
ââAnd so as secretary-general and the U.N. as an organization are not going to turn around and support a death penalty,ââ Annan said.
| How about if you shut up and get out of the way, then? |
Last week, Iraqâs Governing Council adopted a measure setting up a special war crimes tribunal. Council members have said since Saddamâs capture Saturday that he would be tried before the special tribunal and could face the death penalty.
| There goes Iraq, defying the UN again... |
Other courts dealing with war crimes that have been set up by the United Nations include the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia formed in 1993. The tribunal, based in The Hague, Netherlands, has tried 43 people; former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is now on trial.
| Even if he's convicted, which isn't guaranteed, he'll still be alive. The pretty girl in the white dress in Sarajevo won't be. Nor will her dog... |
In Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, a United Nations court based in Tanzania, is trying dozens of people for the 1994 genocide that killed 500,000 people. Local courts are trying other suspects in Rwanda.
| In Rwanda, there were instances of victims bribing their killers to dispatch them with a bullet, rather than hacking them to death with machetes. But those killers don't deserve to die, because... ummm... ummm... |
The new International Criminal Court is the worldâs first permanent war crimes tribunal. The United States opposes it, fearing that Americans will be singled out for frivolous cases. U.S. officials have signed deals with more than 30 countries to prevent Americans from being extradited to the court in The Hague.
Sorry but due to the âunilateralâ nature of this venture and since the UN opted out of the contract I am going to ask you to: âshut the Hell up.â Maybe after Sammy spills the beans on some of the Security Council you might want to do a âreorgâ or perhaps look for a new address. The rules are simply this: Those that play, get to make up the rules! You Sir have decided NOT to play. |