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| 2004-06-23 |
| From CNN Senior Editor for Arab Affairs Octavia Nasr A lawyer for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has alleged that Red Cross documents show his client has been abused while held in detention. Jordanian defense lawyer Mohammad Rashdan showed CNN the documents, which were filled out after the International Committee of the Red Egads, the man has been made to suffer? Call out the avenging angels! What’s that you say, they’re all busy poking pitchforks into his Rashdan showed one page of the ICR Because he might have rammed his head into a wall after thinking about all of the innocent people he’s slaughtered over the years? "He’s being abused, just like the prisoners of Abu Ghraib were abused." However, the attorney had no proof of any abuse. Rashdan has never spoken to or seen Saddam, despite making several requests to do so, he said. Oops, sorry. I left out the part about those panties. He was even rewarded by getting the used ones. Saddam was captured by U.S. forces in December near his hometown of Tikrit and has remained in coalition custody at an undisclosed location since. Rashdan said he has sent several letters to U.S. officials, including Attorney General John Ashcroft, requesting his client have "the basic rights anyone on the face of this earth has: the right to a representation and fair trial." His lawyer left out; "The right to remain dead." So far he has received no responses, he said. The attorney is in the United States this week, visiting media outlets with the ICR I’m crushed, positively sleepless over such terrible news! He is set to appear on several American news programs and plans to hold a news conference in Washington in the coming days. Rashdan also complained that he doesn’t think the United States will be able to provide him and his client with a safe meeting place when they are finally able to get together. "They cannot even protect their own troops from insurgents. It’s a disgrace," the attorney said. No one can protect anybody from determined and psychopathic murderous thugs. But you can always try. "How can they provide me with a chance to sit down and talk to him without dangers of all kinds looming around us?" Ummm ... maybe this has something to do with the need to protect him from thousands of shoe-wielding Iraqi citizens. Pentagon sources have said Saddam is being held in Iraq but the exact location has not been disclosed for security reasons. Letter to Rashdan also showed CNN part of the ICRC report entitled the "Family Message" section. In it, Saddam had written a letter to his daughter, They left out the part about how his "big family" gets the "big one." "As far as my soul and my morale, they are twinkling in the great But curiosity about that missing $40,000,000,000 USD somehow keeps them motivated. When asked if the former president would testify on his own behalf at a trial, Rashdan said that question is "jumping the Tasers and cattle prods remain entirely optional to all parties, however. Chalabi said he doesn’t believe at present that Iraq has the ability to hold Saddam securely, citing the chance that insurgents might try to spring him from jail. A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released at the end of April showed that 83 percent of Iraqis questioned agreed the former president should be put on trial, and 84 percent believed him probably guilty of murder and torture. But the "shredder minority" is gaining! A majority, 56 percent, believed Saddam will get a fair trial, and 61 percent would support the death penalty for him. Rashdan says his client is the sole legitimate president of Iraq, and he believes he should be treated according to the |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #7 In short: tough shit. Cry me a friggin' river, Sammy. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-06-23 6:05:58 PM |
| #6 A lawyer for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has alleged that Red Cross documents show his client has been abused while held in detention... "Good health" and "slightly wounded" are marked to indicate Saddam’s condition. Well, we don't know anything about the nature of the wounds yet, so it's a pretty big leap to assume "the wounds" were caused by mistreatment or torture. We better produce a Picture Book of Torture guide so these workers can reference gouged out eyes, pureed human bodies, perineum tears, and amputations, and see if Saddam's wounds fall into one of his own areas of speciality, or if his "wound" is more along the lines of the ol schoolyard split lip for a big mouth model. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-23 2:04:26 PM |
| #5 I'm still waiting for the Red Thingy to demand access to Matt Maupin. I've even emailed them a couple of times to ask them about it. Never heard back, oddly enough. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-23 11:03:44 AM |
| #4 his attorney should be able to safely fly into Baghdad. What happens after he gets off the plane, however might be rightly called street justice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-23 10:05:19 AM |
| #3 Perhaps we should give him some of his own justice. I am sure the Iraqi's can find a people-shreadder in working order somewhere. And of course his daughters are accessable and still have their eyes we can have goughed out in front of him...... /SARCASM Isn't it interesting how the Red Thingy is all up in an uproar about this while ignoring the real abuses going on in Sudan, North Korea, ..... You dont think they have a political motive do you? Oh perish the thought! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-23 9:58:08 AM |
| #2 An American captured by Saddam's forces was murdered after capture. Arguably, that changes Saddam's status from POW to unlawful combatant. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-23 9:44:21 AM |
| #1 84 percent believed him probably guilty of murder and torture. Is 12% of the population really that stupid? Isn't that the percentage of the population that enjoy Air America? No, I think AA's listening population is MUCH smaller than that. Says alot, no? |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-23 8:58:22 AM |