From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Klaus Barbey"s trial
Article-I.D.: floyd.1190
Posted: Wed Feb 16 11:04:04 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 08:29:49 1983
References: watarts.1676

I suspect that the reason Klaus Barbie has come to trial is that there
are Nazi hunters who chased him down.  Also, Barbie isn't in a position
of power; that puts him in a different category than Idi Amin, who has
mercenary military support, if not national military support.

I wasn't alive at the time, but how widely known was Barbie?  If he
was very widely known, I wouldn't think that Barbie dolls would have
been so named.  I never heard of him before.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491