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Why Do Some Dictators Escape Justice?

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:31:19 AM
By SLOBODAN LEKIC

 Then Indonesian President Suharto shoots targets with a rifle at the family's Tapos ranch in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in this Jan. 12, 1994 file photo. Tucked away in a posh residential district of Jakarta, Suharto _ the dictator who led Indonesia for more than three decades _ lives freely in the comfort of his sprawling house even though he is widely believed responsible for the deaths of twice as many the former Iraqi and Serbian leaders combined. (AP Photo/State Secretariat HO, File)JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The spotlight of international justice has shone on Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic to hold them accountable for alleged war crimes.

But many are asking: What about Suharto in Indonesia, Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile and Charles Taylor of Liberia?

Indonesia's ailing dictator for 32 years is widely believed responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people yet he lives freely in a wealthy residential district of Jakarta.


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