Thursday, November 04, 2004
This one's not a joke
Human Rights Watch release report today on the destruction and loss of possible evidence in trials against Hussein and former members of the Administration.
"The extent of the negligence with which key documentary and forensic evidence has been treated to date is surprising, given that the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi authorities alike knew that trials of Hussein and key Ba‘th government officials would be important landmarks in Iraq’s political recovery, that successful trials require solid evidence, and that, as international experience has shown, preserving such trial-ready evidence is a difficult task."
