Noriega given stay of extradition + "election-rigging and human rights violations led to US" war

[L. Coyote]

Let me see if I read this correctly. Bush invaded Panama because Noriega rigged elections?
Okay, that might be revisionist, with recent history dictating what revisions are most useful.

More interesting, of course, is what Noriega will have to testify about Bush once he leaves US custody.

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5 September 2007, 22:44
Noriega given stay of extradition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6980910.stm


A US judge has temporarily blocked the extradition to France of ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to allow his defence to present a new appeal.

The judge told the lawyers to present on Thursday evidence to support their claim that France would not abide by a key part of the Geneva Conventions.

....

Noriega's prison term in the US ends on Sunday.

He was once one of Washington's top allies in Central America.

But charges of drug-trafficking, election-rigging and human rights violations led to the US invasion.

[robinlynne]

1. He's worried about the geneva convention, is he...

[hlthe2b]

2. Stay of Extradition.... so does that mean we'll just

execute him instead? (somehow I suspect the thought has crossed the Bushies* minds):eyes: