>From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Bush calls for Hussein?s execution: >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:18:35 -0500 > >Habib, > >Quite interesting read.  The motivations behind the stories/theories are >quite complex and sensational.  Nevertheless I believe it does make alot >of strategic sense during the Cold War for the US to support Sadam >against Iran.  Well times have changed now, and the New World order has >rearranged strategic priorities whilst despots like Sadam have failed to >smell the coffee....too bad for him.  He shall fine it almost >immpossible to convince anybody in any court of law.  This current Bush >administration is impatient with UN courts when people like Slobodan >Milosevic has been on trial for more than a year...and he is currently >running for local elections.  The UN tribunal for Rwanda has only 17 >convictions over 9 years at a runnning cost of $80M per annum. >I agree with GW Bush that justice for despots should be short and swift: > >August 3, 1979- Francis Nguema of Equitorial Guinea was executed by a >Moroccan firing squad after being overthrown a few months before in a >military coup. Crime- Genocide > >Yet another sweet example-  In 24th December, 1989, another communist >dictator Nicolas Ceaucescu and his wife Elena where both sent to the >gallows by a nilitary tribunal only 24 hours after their arrests...! >Crime- Genocide. > >So why not Sadam whose crimes ranges from rape, genocide and sponsoring >international terror? > > >Ebou > >******************************** > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~