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| Defense lawyer in Saddam trial killed | |
| 2005-11-08 | |
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying two lawyers defending some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants in a trial for crimes against humanity, killing one and wounding the other, police and defense team sources said. Tuesday's attack followed the murder of another defense lawyer in the team, Saadoun al-Janabi, who was shot the day after the trial started in Baghdad last month.
Police and defense team sources said Adil al-Zubeidi was killed in the attack in western Baghdad, while Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie was wounded. Both men were on a team defending Saddam's brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, legal sources said. In last month's attack, Janabi, who was representing Awad Bandar, was kidnapped from his office by armed men who identified themselves as employees of the Interior Ministry and murdered on October 20, the day after his court appearance at the start of the trial. Saddam and seven others are facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity but his defense lawyers, fearful for their lives, called on Monday for his trial to be moved abroad. Saddam's trial is due to resume on November 28. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Imagine Saddam being transported and his car being attacked. I'd feel sorry for the loss of life to the driver and entourage.... It's stupid that so much time has gone by with Saddam not being punished yet. Man he better not be able to squirrel his way out of this one. We should have left him in his hole, shooting at anything that tried to pop up out of the hole. Sometimes we're just too nice, Gitmo??? |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-11-08 15:21 |
| #10 In the words of the Prophet Lucky (PBUH) Ima conflicted. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-11-08 13:25 |
| #9 Killing lawyers.... I'm SO ambivalent.... I guess in the long run this probably isn't a good thing.....sigh..... |
| Posted by: Ebbeasing Clonter3275 2005-11-08 12:21 |
| #8 "I remember once, when I lived in Spokane, Washington, there was a gala event called "A Celebration of Heroes." The headliner was the Gulf War commander Norman Schwarzkopf. Neither the mainstream nor the alternative papers published articles, or even letters to the editor, about Schwarzkopf's war crimes. I think that holding up mass murderers as heroes is as much a problem as holding up the rich." Ramsey Clark quote - www.thesunmagazine.org/bully.html Send the worthless fu** |
| Posted by: BearFriends 2005-11-08 11:56 |
| #7 We want Ram-sey! We want Ram-sey! That would be too good to be true. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-11-08 11:50 |
| #6 Ramsey is the man for the job! Maybe Scott Ritter and Hans Blix can help as both investigators and witnesses for the defense. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-08 11:23 |
| #5 Ramsey, Laurence is right. Do you duty, dammit. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-11-08 10:49 |
| #4 After Hamas or Islamic Jihad "militant", serving as a Saddamite attorney may well be the world's second most dangerous profession. |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-11-08 09:53 |
| #3 Ramsey Clark, please come defend Saddam. There is an opening just perfect for you. :) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-11-08 09:52 |
| #2 Every day Saddam continues to breath provides hope and encouragement for the insurgents. His execution will be a turning point. It cannot happen soon enough. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-08 09:36 |
| #1 This is not difficult to understand. This is Hussein's own people killing off his defense team. 1st it delays the trail. 2nd if no one will defend Hussein out of concern for thier own safety then there can't be a trial. 3rd it supports the idea of turning over the Hussein trial to an out side court. |
| Posted by: Canaveraldan 2005-11-08 09:31 |