ICRC “Clarifies” Saddam Detention

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The International Committee of the Red Cross is now backpedaling furiously, after what must have been quite an outcry following their statement that Saddam Hussein should be charged or released by June 30: Red Cross Clarifies Saddam Detention.

“Any prisoner of war suspected of having committed any type of crime can be charged and tried,” said Antonella Notari, chief spokeswoman of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Notari said she wanted to make clear the neutral ICRC has no desire to see the release of any POWs, including Saddam, who are suspected of criminal acts.

“Nobody in the ICRC is calling for the release of Saddam Hussein. Absolutely not,” Notari told The Associated Press from the Geneva headquarters of the humanitarian agency, which serves as a watchdog to ensure adherence to the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of warfare.

Earlier Monday the Baghdad-based ICRC spokeswoman, Nada Doumani, told Associated Press Television News that under international and military law, Saddam and other prisoners of war and civilian prisoners should be released at the end of the conflict and occupation unless there were charges against them.

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