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Mustard gas victims call for damagesWednesday 23 December 2009 A number of victims of mustard gas attacks in Iran and Iraq are in court in the Netherlands on Wednesday to demand compensation from the Dutch businessman who sold the chemicals used to make the gas. Frans van Anraat was first found guilty of war crimes in 2005 for supplying large quantities of chemicals to Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1980s which were then used to make chemical weapons. He is currently serving a 16.5 jail term after a string of appeals. This summer, the appeal court upheld the conviction but refused to award damages to 16 claimants, saying it was too complicated. Those 16 are now back in court demanding €25,000 in compensation per person in a civil procedure. This is an 'acknowledgement of their suffering and damages,' lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld told Trouw. © DutchNews.nl
What about the US and UK which were also arming Saddam? Remember in 1983 USPresident Reagan removed Iraq from the State Department list of Terrorist Nations so as to ease the transfer of technology to his regime and Rumsfeld was sent to shake hands with Saddam (video available on the Internet) By Hass | December 23, 2009 11:48 AM WOW!!! I guess the USA should be on trial also for supplying Iraq and Iran with weapons in the 1980's. Reagan is dead but I am sure many are still alive. Donald Rumsfield has a historic photo shaking hands with Saddam Xmas 1984. Pull the troops out of Afghanistan and let the Americans fight their own illegal war! By Paul Martin | December 23, 2009 12:24 PM Right-on brother Paul! And, if were going to even up the war debts let's not forget the Dutch soldiers in Srebrenica when they helped Karadzic to murder thousands. Lets pull the Nertherlands out of the UN, too. By Buzzer | December 23, 2009 5:46 PM
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"too complicated"
What! What is too complicated about compensating injured people!?
Man is in prison for the harm he caused
but his victims still suffer. €25,000 in compensation per person sounds reasonable for their suffering and damages.
By Gerard | December 23, 2009 10:25 AM