| A top Iraqi lawyer coordinating preparations for Saddam Hussein's trial has accused the US military of hampering efforts to gather evidence against the deposed Iraqi president.
Salem Chalabi, a US-educated attorney, said on Friday the US occupation forces were releasing detainees linked to the toppled leader without consultations, thereby undermining the process of bringing Saddam to trial. ...Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the US Army in Iraq, said the release of detainees from American custody did not preclude the Iraqi authorities from taking action against them. |
No. But first they have to get custody of them. How are they going to do that?
Very interesting.
| Although many Iraqis believe Saddam was guilty of widespread crimes against humanity, proving it in a court may not be easy in some cases.
Chalabi said prosecutors would seek to establish a chain of command that proved Saddam ordered atrocities such as a chemical attack on the Kurds in 1988 and the crushing of a 1991 Shia uprising that allegedly sent thousands to mass graves. Saddam's trial is not expected to be held this year, though some of his close aides may face prosecution in 2004. |
Enough to keep the idea of Saddam as an evil monster who St. George save the world from, but not actually expose anything that might be detrimental to St. George before November.
Because there are some questions about those allegations.
Keeping up with the Saddam show as best as I can here.
....but hey, you do what you want....you will anyway.
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