Release him, charge him or break international law, Bush told

[CatWoman]

Saddam Hussein must either be released from custody by June 30 or charged if the US and the new Iraqi government are to conform to international law, the International Committee of the Red Cross said last night.

Nada Doumani, a spokeswoman for the ICRC, told the Guardian: "The United States defines Saddam Hussein as a prisoner of war. At the end of an occupation PoWs have to be released provided they have no penal charges against them."

Her comments came as the international body, the only independent group with access to detainees in US custody, becomes increasingly concerned over the legal limbo in which thousands of people are being held in the run-up to the transfer of power at the end of the month.

The occupation officially ends on June 30 and US forces will be in Iraq at the invitation of its sovereign government.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1238263,00.html

[denverbill]

1. International law. We don't need no stinkin international law.

Republicans haven't paid any attention to international law since Eisenhower's days. Whether it was illegally bombing Cambodia, mining Nicaragua's harbors, detention, torture, or illegal invasion.

Why the hell should they start giving a damn now? It's not like 'international law' has 'international law enforcement officers'. Who the hell can arrest Bush if he breaks international laws?