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| ’Wounds’ on Saddam’s body |
| 2004-06-23 |
| The lawyer representing Saddam Hussein claims the former Iraqi dictator has been mistreated in US custody. Jordanian lawyer Muhammed al Rushadan, who has been retained by Saddam’s family, said his client had wounds on his body. "There are fresh wounds on his body," he said, citing a Red Cross document he claims to have. Al Rushadan also released comments from Saddam that were taken from a letter to his family. In the note, Saddam asked his family to "say hello to everyone". The deposed Iraqi leader wrote in the heavily censored letter, "my spirit and my morale, they are high, thanks to greatness of God". The letter was written on a standard form provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross, taken when they visited him in February. Yesterday it emerged that the US will hand legal custody of Saddam and a number of other former regime figures to the interim Iraqi government as soon as local courts issue warrants for their arrest and request the transfer. But the US will retain physical custody of Saddam and the prisoners, while giving Iraqi prosecutors and defence lawyers access to them, a US official said. |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #15 sounds a little strange |
| Posted by: Anonymous5483 2004-06-30 4:09:38 PM |
| #14 Funny, nobody said much when Stacy Keach got his butt kicked by guards in a UK prison for being stupid, and he did a helluva lot less than Saddam. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-23 10:09:09 PM |
| #13 A tiny sample of the horrors this savage killer dished out to millions of others. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-23 9:08:52 PM |
| #12 "The lawyer representing Saddam Hussein claims the former Iraqi dictator has been mistreated in US custody." Well, you know us--abusing Iraqi prisoners right and left . . . |
| Posted by: She-Troll 2004-06-23 7:29:43 PM |
| #11 smegmata, no doubt, as opposed to stigmata. BTW_ do you all think that maybe the quality and quantity of his "wounds" might change after he's turned over to his loving countrymen? |
| Posted by: Anonymous5351 2004-06-23 7:13:55 PM |
| #10 BH, I, too, misstated things. It should be "by Christ's wounds." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-06-23 5:46:22 PM |
| #9 Sorry 'bout that. My HS book defined it as the more general (and, no doubt, more PC-ized) "by His Wounds". While I was reading the article, I got this image of a Jordanian lawyer jumping up in court and shouting, "Zounds!!!" |
| Posted by: BH 2004-06-23 3:50:05 PM |
| #8 BH, that borders on blasphemy. "Zounds" means "by God's wounds," as I recall from my Shakespeare. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-06-23 3:37:18 PM |
| #7 IF he has fresh wounds I hope some blond female made them while Sammy was wearing a thong over his head. It's as if we captured Hitler and thay are worried if he has fresh sheets! GAWD I HATE THESE TYPES OF LAWYERS! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-23 1:47:33 PM |
| #6 Zounds!!! |
| Posted by: BH 2004-06-23 12:02:55 PM |
| #5 ed...I stand corrected. In'shalla, I will not let that happen again. Bishmalla! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-06-23 8:54:58 AM |
| #4 DF, Incorrect methodology. You are applying the dead white male patriarchal concepts of "logic" and "cause and effect". The correct way looking at things is blame the infidels, inflame Allah's chosen ones with wild accusations, and show he memorized the koran, thereby absolving him of all guilt and blame. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-23 8:35:35 AM |
| #3 This: "There are fresh wounds on his body" Does not mesh with This: "My spirit and my morale, they are high, thanks to greatness of God". |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-06-23 8:00:31 AM |
| #2 "My spirit and my morale are high, thanks to the $40 billion I have stashed away that I will use to bargain for my life." |
| Posted by: virginian 2004-06-23 7:59:06 AM |
| #1 Boo hoo hoo. In other news, Rashadan criticized the United States for unnecessarily witholding Sadaam's personal property. Claiming that Sadaam had a right to access to his personal video collection of tortures, rapes and murders, AlRushadan noted, "Mr. Hussein can not sleep without watching these videos before going to bed." "The sleep deprivation this causes Mr. Hussein, falls clearly constitutes cruel and unusual punishment," he said. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-23 6:49:28 AM |