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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the fate of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
WND: The AP reports from Kuwait that the head of the Iraq’s war crimes tribunal, Salem Chalabi, said that the United States has pledged to hand over Saddam Hussein before July 1. I have a two-part question. Since Saddam is a war criminal, and since the United States turned over none of the Nazi war criminals to German courts, why on earth is this being done?
McCLELLAN: Well, we’ve said that we would turn him over to Iraqi authorities at the appropriate time and in an appropriate manner. We believe that he should be held accountable for his decades of brutality, and the Iraqi people will be in the best position to do that.
WND: So could you tell us, as one of the president’s top media advisers, what you believe will be the national reaction if the Iraqi court acquits Saddam Hussein?
McCLELLAN: I just don’t see that scenario happening, Les.
WND: You don’t see it, but it’s a possibility, isn’t it? Isn’t that true?
McCLELLAN: I don’t see that happening, Les.
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