Gilding the Lily
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"At last count, 46 lawyers have been assassinated in Iraq since the summer of 2003, according to a grim tally compiled by the Iraqi Bar Association. Some of the victims were kidnapped before being murdered; others were gunned down in the street or caught in crossfire."
It is clear that the insurgents are attempting to disrupt Iraqi society at every level. The legal profession “is the pillar on which any society is built,†says an Iraqi UN official.
"Bar associations churn out papers on Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and the execution of Saddam Hussein. Law firms line up to provide legal services to detainees. Cully Stimson, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, lost his job earlier this year for criticizing American lawyers for such work. The legal establishment’s outrage against Mr. Stimson would have been easier to take had it been working even half as hard to help re-establish the rule of law in Iraq."
It is clear that the insurgents are attempting to disrupt Iraqi society at every level. The legal profession “is the pillar on which any society is built,†says an Iraqi UN official.
"Bar associations churn out papers on Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and the execution of Saddam Hussein. Law firms line up to provide legal services to detainees. Cully Stimson, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, lost his job earlier this year for criticizing American lawyers for such work. The legal establishment’s outrage against Mr. Stimson would have been easier to take had it been working even half as hard to help re-establish the rule of law in Iraq."
