Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saw Winnipeg free january 11 War Gulf Iraq puts captured airmen on display marines practice Trench assaults yesterday along the saudi await Border while coalition forces continue Aerial War crimes trial Likely for Leader pos protected by Geneva rules by the associated press Here is a summary of some terms of the 1949 Geneva conventions covering the Protection of prisoners of War and me wounded d prisoners of War must at All times be humanely any unlawful act or omission by the detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of War in its custody is and will be regarded As a serious breach of the prisoners of War must at All times be protected particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and Public d members of the armed forces and others who Are wounded or sick will be treated humanely and cared for by the party to the conflict in whose Power they May without any Adverse distinction founded on political or any other similar any attempts on their or violence to their shall be strictly d women shall be especially protected against any attack on their Honor in particular against enforced or any form of indecent d army or civilian hospitals and Mobile medical units May in no circumstances be but shall at All times be respected and in a diplomatic conference adopted an additional protocol to the convention that deals in part with the Protection of civilian populations during International has not been ratified by Many including the United Britain and by David Zucchino Knight Ridder newspapers Washington the United states insists it has not targeted Saddam Hussein for killing or but what would the americans do with the iraqi dictator if they actually got their hands on him the most Likely answer seek to have Saddam tried for War Saddam has committed More than enough atrocities to build a Strong Case for a Nuernber style War crimes according to experts in International a War crimes tribunal is one of the options being debated As a Way to Deal with Saddam in Light of new american demands last week that he not Only leave Kuwait but surrender and Lay Down his if Saddam were somehow taken the would not Likely attempt to try him in this Washington would probably ask the United nations to establish and conduct a War crimes the experts president Bush threatened Saddam with a War crimes trial in calling him Hitler the president when there were the Nuernberg As in the evidence against Saddam would probably be according to Law i would think a very Good Case could be said Telford who helped prosecute nazis at the Nuernberg trials in this Man has committed some terrible some terrible violations of International Taylor and other experts said those violations might include the invasion of Kuwait and mistreatment of its the taking of hostages As human and the use of Poison Gas against kurdish dissidents in if Saddam were imposing a death penalty would be despite the executions of nazis after the Nuernberg Law experts Point out that the is one of Only four nations that impose capital which most in member nations have rejected since the second world the Nuernberg trials established the principle of personal holding leaders rather than nations responsible for War crimes committed under their the trials also rejected the following of a superiors orders As justification for committing Given the Nuernberg just letting Saddam Hussein go and quietly live in Mauritania would be an unsatisfactory said Mary Ellen an Indiana University professor of International Law who specializes in the Laws of the Best Way to satisfy the demands for Justice in the Case of a person who has committed atrocities of this magnitude is an International War crimes said the is All but obligated to encourage the United nations to establish a War crimes the Law experts Bush has repeatedly cited in Security Council resolutions and Saddam violations of International Law As justification for attacking to fail to turn Over a captured Saddam for Justice would undermine the entire rationale for going to the lawyers its not enough to just defeat him said Douglas a Middle East specialist on the National Security Council and a Deputy assistant Secretary of defence in the Reagan the world needs to make a unequivocal statement that these kind of atrocities will not be tolerated and will be while the american led Alliance might conceivably accept an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and some sort of conditional the chances of an International tribunal will increase the More protracted the Wai said Mark a former chief Legal adviser for the state the Clear violations of International Law by Saddam fall into three the lawyers said acts of War crimes and crimes against All three were cited at where evidence and burdens of proof were required for pilots shown on to denouncing attack Nicosia a Iraq broadcast interviews yesterday with seven captured enemy some of whom expressed regrets about their role in the persian Gulf the interviews with the prisoners of two an italian and a Kuwait were Broad cast on Baghdad the iraqi news Agency identified several of the prisoners by name and at least two of the names corresponded to those of missing the interviews could not be seen in where the iraqi news Agency report was both Cable news network and iranian television monitored the broadcast and can broadcast audio excerpts from the the two names released by the iraqi news Agency that appeared to correspond to those of missing pilots Are Jeffry Morton of attack Squadron and Marine Pilot the United states has said its missing airmen include Navy Jeffrey of Cherry and Marine chief warrant officer Guy the iraqis said they also were holding Clive a Marine Pilot Mohammed Mubarek Sultan a kuwaiti Pilot British Tornado Pilot Arian John Nichol and italian air Force flight Mario italian officials indicated the Captain was Maurizio missing along with crewman Gian Marco the British defence ministry confirmed a and his John Gyarto were can reporter Peter who has remained i said iraqi television identified another pow As British lieutenant named Arnett said All the men appeared on television in uniform and were interviewed sitting against a White the manner of the men was he said in a report cleared by iraqi ones conversation was barely he one Man had a bandaged and two others had bruised in the audio excerpts broadcast by the pos spoke haltingly As they delivered statements denouncing the assault on Ament said except for the the pilots were questioned and answered in which was then translated into the kuwaiti was interviewed in the iraqi news Agency reported during the the Man identified As Clive David said his aircraft was shot Down with a surface air missile in Kuwait the Man Iraq identified As Zoon spoke slowly and saying i think our leaders and our people have wrongly attacked the peaceful people of Iraq i would like to Tell my Mother and my father and my sister that i am Well and that they should Pray for the Man identified As Hunter said the War is crazy and never should have it is an aggression against peaceful he added to my wife and i miss you very i am in Good hands and being treated to the please study a Man Ina identified As the kuwaiti Pilot said he feels miserable for supporting the zionists and saudi King fahd against the iraqi news Agency the italian said he was being treated denounced the on saturday iraqi television showed two men it identified As pos being paraded blindfolded through the Baghdad Tehran television report nine airmen have been listed As missing in action by the command in saudi Arabia since Allied bombing missions against Iraq began Early the United states said yesterday a total of 23 prisoners have been Iraq top Diplomat was summoned to the state department on saturday and told his government is obligated to provide humane treatment to prisoners of both the United states and Iraq Are signatories to the 1949 Geneva convention governing the humane treat ment of palestinians Hail Saddam iraqi Leader viewed As Victor for striking Israel with missiles a photo by Jackson Diehl the Washington Post occupied West Bank As iraqi missiles fell on israels coastal Plain thursday and palestinian residents Here huddled in Safe rooms sealed with masking tape and bleach soaked in Case the warheads contained deadly chemical when they heard the thud of they cheered for Saddam we were a Little but mainly said a during a two hour break yesterday in the military curfew imposed by israeli added a 15yearold boy who stood nearby its wonderful that missiles hit Tel at last israelis Are feeling something like we feel with their army iraqi president Saddam seems More popular than Ever among the million palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza arabs in the Israel occupied lands have been stirred by the iraqi leaders standing up to a massive Western onslaught and managing to strike at the israe two Western reporters in search of opinions were quickly surrounded by palestinians on a downtown everyone who passed it wanted to express Admira Tion for most seemed full of Saddam is of course he is said an employee in a United nations Refu gee Why because he is still he is fighting 28 and yet after two Days he fired 11 missiles at Tel with this is a palestinians Here and in neighbor ing Jordan embraced Saddam As a hero Early in the persian Gulf while their enthusiasm has not echoed in the streets of saudi Ara Syria or other political leaders and intellectuals contend that the groundswell of emotion Here could spread through out the Arab we Are All said Hanan a professor and frequent palestinian no one can stand aside and watch the West ruthlessly and relentlessly Pound an Arab country without feeling sym a the War has increased support for Saddam with Gas masks and Walki talkies close Arab mosque guards Pray in Ashrafi said in an interview in her Home people now see him As an or As some almost mythical figure from Arab culture and history the Man who i will die but i will maintain my Pride and and who do they have to compare him with by the other Arab leaders appear to be subservient to the trying to save palestinian political More aware than their followers of a Likely defeat of have avoided cheer ing its military we Are not Happy about those missiles on and we Are not Happy about those missiles on Tel East Jerusalem Leader Faisal Hus Seini said Bethlehem mayor Elias who has never supported said the missile attack on Israel is an and every time there is an escalation of the the palestinians supporters of the Palestine liberation organization in the Terri tories defiantly dispute suggestions that their movement will be damaged by its pro iraqi the Plo will go through some hard times after the said but it has survived Many crises in the and it will survive this if the Palestin ians will insist on keeping the Plo As its leadership More than israeli military fear ing an outbreak of pro iraqi Vio have kept the entire Palestin Ian population outside of Jerusalem under a rigid warning that anyone who leaves his Home does so at his own iraqis fire on euphoric kuwaitis times news service saudi Arabia the kuwaiti government in exile and resistance groups Are appealing to the kuwaitis still in the coun try for urging them to stay Home and avoid provoking iraqi sol the appeals followed Impromptu demonstrations in Kuwait City after the Allied coalitions air assault on iraqi forces began prompting euphoria among kuwaitis who had longed for this Day since Iraq invaded kuwaitis went to their rooftops and began crying for kuwaiti libera Tion and Allah Akbar or god is great kuwaiti officials said other demonstrators had converged on places iraqi soldiers used As they began shouting and some of the iraqis began shoot said Abdul Rahman Kuwait minister of state for Cabi net several were but no one was Awadi said in a Telephone interview from saudi were trying to keep people Cool and prevent them from going he we dont want kuwaitis to confront iraqi soldiers this is not the time for cheers and there will soon be a time for organized Resis i ;