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Iraqi Council Oks War Crimes Tribunal

HeadlineDec 10, 2003

The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council Tuesday approved creating a new court to try former members of Saddam Hussein’s former government for war crimes. Some international human rights organizations criticized the move saying that the Iraqi court like the Yugoslavian and Rwandan war crimes court should be conducted under the eye of the United Nations and the international community.

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