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Terror on trial: thinking about shining path, and those like them.(THE WORLD)(Abimael Guzman Reynoso)(Biography)

National Review

| April 10, 2006 | Nordlinger, Jay | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

EVERY so often, the world relearns the difficulty of trying a certain kind of monster in court. Nuremberg stands as the eternal example; some people still think they should have been lined up and shot. In The Hague the other day, Milosevic dropped dead, frustrating his prosecutors, and others. Saddam Hussein, of course, continues his judicial theater. Although the judge in the case--currently Raouf Abdel-Rahman--sometimes gets the upper hand. On March 15, Saddam boasted, "I am the head of state." Judge Abdel-Rahman corrected, "You used to be a head of state. You are a defendant now."

A half a world away, Abimael Guzman is also a defendant. In the roster of ...

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