Best Of The Web has this:
“Iraq’s first postwar national political body decided Tuesday to establish a tribunal to try former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime and others accused of crimes against humanity,” MSNBC reports. This is an excellent development; such tribunals should reassure nervous Iraqis that the Saddam’s rule is really over.
“But a Human Rights Watch official challenged the council’s plan saying it would put former victims of Saddam and his regime in the position of judging their tormentors and might not result in justice.” The heart bleeds.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports on the reaction of Arab League chief Amr Moussa to the establishment of the interim governing council: “If the new council had been elected, Moussa said in a statement released Sunday night, ‘it would have gained much power and credibility.’ ”
The Arab League has 21 members aside from Iraq, including such exemplars of democratic rule as Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria. Moussa’s own country, Egypt, has been under “emergency rule” since 1981. Hmm, is there an Arabic word for “chutzpah”?
To coin a phrase: Heh.
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