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7/3/2009 6:44:00 AM EST

Dutch Supreme Court upholds mustard gas conviction

Posted by Rule of Law Resource Center Staff

THE HAGUE Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the war crimes conviction of a businessman for selling chemicals to Saddam Hussein that his regime in Iraq turned into poison gas and unleashed on Kurds and Iranians. However, the highest Dutch court rejected Full version (available to lexis.com subscribers)