Life imprisonment for former Baath Regime officials
The Iraqi courts have been busy this week... | BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq Iraqs Supreme Criminal Court has issued a decision for life-imprisonment against Iraqs former Baath regime officials, Abed Hamid Hmoud and Hussein Khidhier, under charges of eliminating Iraqs secular parties, the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV Satellite Channel reported on Wednesday.
The said Court, the Channel added, had dropped charges against Sabaawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, half-brother of Iraqs former President Saddam Hussein, in the same case.
The Supreme Criminal Court has charged member of Iraqs former ruling Revolution Command Council (RCC), Ali Hassan al-Majid, with having been behind the annihilation of the secular parties, who was executed.
Abed Hamid Hmoud, the Secretary of Saddam Hussein, Ahmed Hassan Khidher al-Samarrae, the Chairman of Saddams office, along with Sabaawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, Farouq Mohammed Ali Ahmed, Ghazaal Hammouda Saeed and Karim Radhi Abed al-Itaby, were also charged with similar accusations by the same court.
Posted by: Steve White 2011-03-17 |