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Another Saddam Lawyer goes Toes Up
BAGHDAD One of Saddam Husseins main lawyers was shot dead yesterday after men in police uniforms took him from his home, police and relatives said, the third defence attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October.  The killing of Khamis Al Obaidi was a new setback for the US-backed court. It fuelled complaints that sectarian violence, some by Shiite militias within the police, against Saddams once-dominant Sunni Arab minority, is crippling a fair trial. The lead defence lawyer called for the case to be suspended and the defendants taken abroad after the death of his deputy. Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-21 |
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