(BBC) Former Nato commander Wesley Clark is in The Hague to testify at the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The two-day hearing begins at 0800 GMT on Monday behind closed doors. Mr Clark, who directed the Nato bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999, is one of the most high-profile figures to testify at the trial. His testimony is part of an unprecedented deal between the tribunal and the US Government. Washington will be given two days to apply for parts of the testimony considered to harm national interests to be removed from public records. An edited recording is due to be made public on Friday.
Das hatten wir doch unlängst schon mal in ähnlicher Art und Weise vor ziemlich genau einem Jahr.

Der US-Journalist Greg Palast erinnert in <a href=www.gregpalast.com target=_blank>seiner gestrigen Kolumne daran, dass zwar S.H. jetzt gefasst, drei andere aber noch in Freiheit seien: While lauding the capture of Mr. Hussein, experts caution that the War on Terror is far from over, noting that Osama bin Laden, James Baker and George W. Bush remain at large.

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Einige Mitglieder der aktuellen Führung des Irak trafen gestern Saddam Hussein laut NYT. Ein Folteropfer Saddams warf bei der Gelegenheit diesem vor, er sei ein Feigling, weil er sich nicht gewehrt habe bei seiner Festnahme. Vielleicht psychologisch nicht uninteressant:
"The world is crazy," said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, one of the council members in the room today after Mr. Hussein was captured in his hometown of Tikrit. "I was in his torture chamber in 1979 and now he was sitting there, powerless in front of me without anybody stopping me from doing anything to him. Just imagine. We were arguing, and he was using very foul language." (...) Mr. Rubaie said: "One thing which is very important is that this man had with him underground when they arrested him two AK-47's and did not shoot one bullet. I told him, You keep on saying that you are a brave man and a proud Arab.' I said, When they arrested you why didn't you shoot one bullet? You are a coward.' "And he started to use very colorful language. Basically, he used all his French."
Kränkt es ein zweites Mal oder wirkt es befreiend, wenn sich herausstellt, dass der, der Dich als Folterer unter totaler Kontrolle hatte, eigentlich ein feiger Hund ist?