Iraq Backing Away From Geneva Convention
Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri says that US POWs will will be treated in accordance with "the teachings of Islam" first, and the Geneva Convention second. I suppose this means that where the 2 disagree, the 'teachings of Islam' take precedent. I wonder if the 'teachings of Islam' to be used include the whole 'kill the infidels' theme. Naji then gets off this gem of a quote:
"We are the people who created law when the grandfathers of Mr Blair and Mr Bush (British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush) were living like animals in the caves," he said. He's right of course. Its just too bad that thousands of years later, its the Islamists that are still living in caves while the rest of the world has become civilized.
"We are the people who created law when the grandfathers of Mr Blair and Mr Bush (British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush) were living like animals in the caves," he said. He's right of course. Its just too bad that thousands of years later, its the Islamists that are still living in caves while the rest of the world has become civilized.
# | March 24, 2003