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| Iraq |
| Prosecutor denies he was bribed to hang Saddam |
| 2008-11-17 |
| The chief prosecutor in the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein denied allegations that the death sentence conviction was the result of pressure from Iran or Kuwait, according to press reports. Public prosecutor of the Iraqi High Court Jaafar al-Musawi denied rumors circulated in the media that his visit to Iran after the trial was for any reason other than religious ones in an interview Sunday with the London-based Asharq al-Awsat. After the trial ended, I decided to visit the holy sites of Iran with a group of judges. This was the only visit I made to Iran and I only went to the city of Qom," he said. "I didn't go to Tehran nor did I meet any Iranian officials." Musawi similarly denied receiving any gifts from Kuwaiti authorities or establishing any kind of contact with Kuwait as far as Saddam's trial is concerned. Musawi headed a prosecution team that tried Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity in a trial that drew criticism from many sides including Saddam's defense team and human rights organizations, which complained of Iraqi and U.S. government interference in the proceedings. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 In Saddam's case, I'd thought the bribe would have been to get the job to prosecute ..and human rights organizations, ..who didn't give more than the image of complaining about Saddam's own treatment of his people, to include intentionally starving them to make a show for the exact same organizations to blame the US and UN for it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-17 09:29 |