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| Life sentence for 2 charged with killing "father" of Iraqi Legislature | |
| 2011-04-22 | |
The Iraqi opposition leader, Taleb Ali al-Shuheil, was assassinated in Beirut on April, 12, 1994. Lebanese security bodies had managed to arrest the men involved in the operation hours after it took place, including four diplomats of the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut, followed by the rapture of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The first court session was held on October 4, 2009, based on a complaint raised by the Iraqi Legislature, Safiya al-Suheil, Sheikh Taleb al-SuheilÂ’s daughter, against IraqÂ’s former President Saddam Hussein, his Deputy Prime Minister, Tareq Aziz, SaddamÂ’s Secretary, Abed Hmoud, Foreign Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Chairman of the Intelligence Body, Sabir al-Douri and IraqÂ’s Ambassador to Jordan at that time, Nouri al-Wayis. Among other defendants, charged with having been involved in the assassination incident, were the Charge dÂ’affaires in Beirut in 1994, Awadh Fakhri, the Cultural Attache, Mohammed al-Dhamdhumawi, the Trade Attache, Khalid Khalifa, the Iraqi Consul in Beirut, Ali Sultan Darwish, the Embassy Guard, Hadi Hassouna al-Rikaby and the defendant, charged with having facilitated the assassination of Taleb al-Suheil, George Terjinian, a Lebanese Armenian of an Iraqi origin. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |