Washington DC, March 6, 2010 (SL Times) – The US Supreme Court heard the case of Somali war criminal Muhammad Ali Samatar on March 3, 2010.
Muhammad Ali Samatar served at various times as vice president, prime minister and defense minister during Muhammad Siyad Barre’s 21-year military dictatorship and has publicly admitted to having giving the order for the carpet bombing of the city of Hargeysa which resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians.
The purpose of the hearing was to establish if Gen. Samatar could be tried in the US for a crime he committed in his country.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision around June 2010.






















 

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