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Saddam Hussein should be tried in Iraq: Blair
London, Dec 17: Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should be tried in Iraq if the Iraqis have a `proper independent judicial process`, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
London, Dec 17: Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should be tried in Iraq if the Iraqis have a "proper independent judicial process", British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
"We only try people internationally if there isn't the capacity within a country of trying people for the crimes they have committed against the citizens of that country," Blair said yesterday in an interview.
"There is something like the remains of 400,000 human beings that have been found in mass graves already. There is a very strong feeling in Iraq that he should be tried in Iraq," he said.
In a separate interview with the BBC Arabic service, Blair reiterated the Iraq survey group's October report which found "massive evidence" of a "huge" system of secret laboratories in Iraq.
When asked if he hoped the capture of Saddam would lead coalition forces to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, Blair said, "There is obviously that possibility there, but I think in any event, we have got to carry on the work that we are doing." Bureau Report
"There is something like the remains of 400,000 human beings that have been found in mass graves already. There is a very strong feeling in Iraq that he should be tried in Iraq," he said.
In a separate interview with the BBC Arabic service, Blair reiterated the Iraq survey group's October report which found "massive evidence" of a "huge" system of secret laboratories in Iraq.
When asked if he hoped the capture of Saddam would lead coalition forces to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, Blair said, "There is obviously that possibility there, but I think in any event, we have got to carry on the work that we are doing." Bureau Report