Tareq Aziz’s Trial: Victor’s Justice Again
Conor Foley; 6/5/08
The latest charges brought against Tareq Aziz, the deputy prime minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, have reignited debate about the legality of the Iraq war. The specific charge that he now faces is of ordering the summary execution of a group of rice merchants. However, the campaign group Indict is also calling for him to be charged with war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. This final charge, which centers on his role in launching the invasions of Iran and Kuwait, brings inevitable comparisons with the US-led invasion of Iraq five years ago. Indeed, it is difficult to see how a legal distinction between Iraq’s invasion of Iran in 1980 and some of the justifications that supporters of the invasion of Iraq now rely upon.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=109624&d=6&m=5&y=2008