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Defense lawyer in Saddam trial killed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying two lawyers defending some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants in a trial for crimes against humanity, killing one and wounding the other, police and defense team sources said. Tuesday's attack followed the murder of another defense lawyer in the team, Saadoun al-Janabi, who was shot the day after the trial started in Baghdad last month.
Police and defense team sources said Adil al-Zubeidi was killed in the attack in western Baghdad, while Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie was wounded. Both men were on a team defending Saddam's brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, legal sources said. In last month's attack, Janabi, who was representing Awad Bandar, was kidnapped from his office by armed men who identified themselves as employees of the Interior Ministry and murdered on October 20, the day after his court appearance at the start of the trial. Saddam and seven others are facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity but his defense lawyers, fearful for their lives, called on Monday for his trial to be moved abroad. Saddam's trial is due to resume on November 28. Posted by: Steve 2005-11-08 |
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