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Saturday, March 22, 2003

Iraq will not treat POWs according to international law
Bernard Hibbitts at 7:02 PM ET

[JURIST] From Radio Australia Saturday:

Iraq will not apply international conventions on prisoners of war, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf says. Mr al-Sahaf has told a press conference coalition troops are not soldiers and instead called them mercenaries to whom international law does not apply.
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