Wednesday, April 1, 1998
Volume:
14
Issue:
4
163
Abstract:
On March 13, 1998, the U.S. Senate voted 93-0 to urge the creation of a United Nations tribunal to try President Saddam Hussein of Iraq as a war criminal. In November 1997, the House adopted a similar resolution by a vote of 396-2. Immediately thereafter, the Iraq Parliament started action to recommend President Clinton and other Western leaders be brought to trial for war crimes against the Iraqi people... [more]