Chilean court revokes Pinochet's immunity

I must state that this turn of events is good news, especially in the light 
of the previously proposed trial in Spain-- where no matter how much we 
might hate the General, it is not a viable hatred to overshadow the 
dangerous omen provided by having Third World citizens put on trial by 
imperialist courts (that plan would be fine immediately after the also 
mentally diminishing Thatcher goes on trial in Argentina for war crimes in 
1982). Such trials are a violation of sovereignty and about reinforcing the 
dominance of the White Man's Burden just as surely as invading Iraq, 
Yugoslavia or any other sovereign state is.

Macdonald


Chilean court revokes Pinochet's immunity

Friday 28 May 2004, 19:21 Makka Time, 16:21 GMT

A Chilean appeals court has withdrawn legal immunity from controversial 
former dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The move could lead to a human rights trial against him, a top court 
official said on Friday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/74B0D0BC-186D-4C89-B5A9-200E8590634E.htm


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		--Brecht.

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