Iyad Akmush Kanum, 23, learnt the limits of sovereignty on Monday when US prosecutors refused to uphold an Iraqi judges' order acquitting him of attempted murder of coalition troops.
US prosecutors said that he was being returned to the controversial Abu Ghraib prison because under the Geneva Conventions they were not bound by Iraqi law.
Financial Times article
US prosecutors said that he was being returned to the controversial Abu Ghraib prison because under the Geneva Conventions they were not bound by Iraqi law.
But you will see that they had no choice.
The Central Criminal Court is a hybrid legal institution, created by the American-led occupation, in which US lawyers prepare cases for Iraqi prosecutors to present to Iraqi judges, who were in turn chosen by the coalition.
It tries cases based on Iraqi law and coalition decrees.
It tries cases based on Iraqi law and coalition decrees.
Even with the court being set up, judges chosen by the coalition, and US lawyers preparing the cases, they got an anti-American verdict. They were forced to ignore it.
Despite the end of the US occupation on Monday, US prosecutors said the Court would continue unchanged after the handover.
It was created by Mr Bremer last June to hear "significant security trials" and enable occupation troops to testify without leaving the Green Zone. Saddam Hussein is among the detainees intended to enter its dock.
It was created by Mr Bremer last June to hear "significant security trials" and enable occupation troops to testify without leaving the Green Zone. Saddam Hussein is among the detainees intended to enter its dock.
Oh. This is the court where Saddam can be fairly tried.
Read the article, there are some other interesting insights into and opinions about the court.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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