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W/Th Oct 20 -

SADDAM TRIAL REACTIONS -

*Arab leaders have been
toppled before, but none
have ever been put on trial.*

:: Ambiv. Arab Reaction ::
-- By Magdi Abdelhadi --
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:: M.E. Press Survey: BBC ::
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*As a moment of legal history, it is too early to tell how the trial of Saddam Hussein will be judged by posterity; as a piece of theatre, the main players lived up to their billing on the opening day.*

:: Aljazeera TV Net ::
-- An Editorial Perspective --
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While Baghdad’s streets were nearly empty, most Iraqis were glued to the TV, and I bet many Arabs were as well. Our place was full of friends today as we decided we would watch the trial together...

:: ITM Blog perma ::
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Michael Scharf, who helped train the Iraqi trial personnel, is hosting a special legal experts' blog at Case School of Law. It has a lot of material, but is quite dense. And not for the faint-hearted. Try it, if you dare...

:: Saddam Trial Blog ::

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