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Try Saddam For His Crimes? Balkans Tribunals No Model.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
Byline: BRIAN MITCHELL
It worked so well against Slobodan Milosevic. Why not do the same to Saddam Hussein: Indict him. Charge him with war crimes. Crimes against humanity. Anything.
That's been suggested. The State Department's ambassador for war crimes told The Times of London last month that Saddam should stand trial.
"We have been collecting and documenting information on abuses by the regime," Pierre-Richard Prosper told The Times. "We hope that when the time is right there will be accountability."
The idea hasn't caught on. Maybe it's because Milosevic's trial isn't going well for the prosecution.
Fans still hail the Milosevic trial as a victory for justice. But its conduct may be cooling the attraction of international courts as an instrument of policy. The Osama Solution -- bombing bad guys into oblivion -- may be easier than proving the charges against them.
The Milosevic trial has been under way for more than five months. It's just starting its second phase, on events in Bosnia. Its first phase dealt only with Kosovo, and only with the prosecution's case. Milosevic could take just as long to defend himself.
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