From MEMRI:
AN IRAQI PAPER SUGGESTS THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN SHOULD BE INTERROGATED IN THE MANNER HE INTERROGATED HIS OPPONENTS. HOWEVER, ’AS A COURTESY TO HIM, THE TORTURE SEAT SHOULD BE GOLDEN, THE STRINGS BY WHICH HE WILL BE HANGED FROM THE CEILING SHOULD BE OF DAMASCENE SILK, AND ONLY SILVER CLIPPERS SHOULD BE USED TO EXTRACT HIS FINGERNAILS
’ (AL-NAHDHA, BAGHDAD, 12/17/03)
THE COALITION PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN IRAQ HAS WARNED MOSQUE PREACHERS THAT THEY WILL BE ARRESTED AND TREATED AS WAR CRIMINALS UNDER GENEVA CONVENTION ARTICLE IV (1949) IF THEY INCITE VIOLENCE. (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 12/14/03) |