Human rights for terrorists?(Features)

From: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: July 20, 2005 | Copyright information

I wonder what Tony Blair will do if the security forces catch up with the terrorists who masterminded the blasts in London on July 7. After all, ministers are refusing to hand over evidence of Saddam Hussein's war crimes to the Iraqi Government prosecutors, because of the fear of breaching his human rights.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember Tony Blair saying before he started the war in Iraq that Saddam Hussein had killed many thousands of people and was also ...

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