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| Iraq |
| Lawyer Representing Saddam Hussein Killed |
| 2006-06-21 |
| One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers was shot to death Wednesday after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniforms in Baghdad, court and police officials said. Khamis al-Obeidi, who represented Saddam and his half brother Barzan Ibrahim in their eight-month-old trial, was abducted from his house at 7 a.m., said Saddam's top lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi. His body was found shot to death on a street near the Shiite slum of Sadr City, police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said. Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi confirmed that al-Obeidi had been killed, although he did not provide any details. Unlike al-Dulaimi, who shuttles between Amman, Jordan, and the Iraqi capital, al-Obeidi chose to continue to living in Baghdad during the trial despite the capital's tenuous security and the killing of two members of the defense team last year. Al-Dulaimi blamed the Interior Ministry, which Sunnis have alleged is infiltrated by so-called Shiite death squads, for the killing. "We strongly condemn this act and we condemn the killings done by the Interior Ministry forces against Iraqis," he said, adding that U.S.-led forces also bore responsibility because the war had allowed Shiite militias to gain influence in Iraq. A dozen masked gunmen abducted defense lawyer Saadoun al-Janabi from his Baghdad office the day after the trial's opening session in October. His body was found the next day with two bullets in his head. Nearly three weeks later, defense lawyer Adel al-Zubeidi was assassinated in a brazen daylight ambush in Baghdad. A colleague who was wounded fled the country. The defense has asked Iraqi authorities for increased protection and threatened to boycott the trial unless this was provided. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #13 The Defense rests........ in peace. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-06-21 21:01 |
| #12 Saddam's own may have done it to get the verdict delayed.... I just wish they'd hit Clark - no apologies, SW. How many dead has he defiled by his actions? Justice? No, they are seeking technicalities/straw men to avoid justice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-21 20:41 |
| #11 If you have suffered wrongful personal injury, medical malpractice, or illegal democratic overthrow, the firm of |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-21 18:28 |
| #10 The lawyer lost the case. I'd be looking to Sadaam loyalists as my first suspects. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-21 18:26 |
| #9 C'mon folks, we do not wish lawyers death (I can't believe I'm writing this as a doc). In a civil society, every defendant gets a lawyer. That way civil society has to follow its procedures and make sure the evidence is proper. And then you hang Saddam. I don't want his lawyers killed, because that makes forming a civil society in Iraq that much more difficult. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-21 18:13 |
| #8 Lol - Hold on there, Cyber Sarge, I'm kinda groovin' on the visual of Chomsky gettin' splashed. :)~ |
| Posted by: Omirong Snumble8439 2006-06-21 12:01 |
| #7 My bad I meant Clark. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-06-21 11:45 |
| #6 Or our old pal Ramsey Clark, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Ulusing Cleash5738 2006-06-21 11:15 |
| #5 I was sooooo hoping it was Chomskey, but no not today. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-06-21 11:07 |
| #4 Not a bad fate for lawers anywhere if you ask me. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-21 10:51 |
| #3 "Wonder when the ACLU goes too far and this sport is picked up here?" The ACLU has already gone too far, IMHO! I'm surprised that there has not been any whacking of ACLU lawyers already. I guess the pot still boils, and the pressure builds. -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-06-21 09:49 |
| #2 Sounds like Jabr's "police" are still in place. |
| Posted by: Ulusing Cleash5738 2006-06-21 09:14 |
| #1 Wonder when the ACLU goes too far and this sport is picked up here? I'd say about the time people figure out that, by their own actions, the ACLU gets the Constitution declared unconstitutional with some chum judge. |
| Posted by: Cravish Grolunter8216 2006-06-21 09:05 |