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we would suggest this trial be conducted in Iraq under United Nations auspices by international and Iraqi judges.

Is that the royal we?

It's a shame that NYT's is so ignorant they don't know that the Iraqi people detest the UN because of their complicity to keep Saddam in power by doing NOTHING for all these years.

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Did everyone here read about that story in yesterday's UK Sunday Telegraph? Mohammed Atta reportedly trained in Baghdad for 3 days just two months before he slammed a plane into the Twin Towers.

The story got largely overlooked after the Saddam news broke, but I wanted to be sure you all saw this passage from a memo TO SADDAM from Iraq's intelligence chief :

(7/1/01)
Mohammed Atta, an Egyptian national, came with Abu Ammer [the real name behind this Arabic alias remains a mystery] and we hosted him in Abu Nidal's house at al-Dora under our direct supervision."

We arranged a work program for him for three days with a team dedicated to working with him...He displayed extraordinary effort and showed a firm commitment to lead the team which will be responsible for attacking the targets that we have agreed to destroy.