Abdul Jalil Mustafa, Arab News
A group of prominent Arab lawyers seeking to defend former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said yesterday they had ensured "private protection" inside Iraq, but the "ball was in the court" of the International Committee of the Red Thingy Cross (ICRTC) to arrange for a meeting between the panel and the detained Iraqi leader. "We have arranged for private protection, whereby some companies will ensure security for the team's members during their stay inside Iraq," the panel's chief Mohammad Rashdan told Arab News. "But, isn't shameful for the United States and the Iraqi government to force us to resort to private protection while they fail to do so," he said.
| The clowns are just doing their warmup right now. Next come the jugglers, trapeze artists, and the elephants... |
Rashdan and other team members said earlier that guaranteeing physical protection in Iraq was a key issue after they had received threats of killing by Iraqi officials, including Justice Minister Malek Dohan Al-Hassan, who yesterday escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad.
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