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Iraq
Life imprisonment for former Baath Regime officials
2011-03-17
The Iraqi courts have been busy this week...
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq – Iraq’s Supreme Criminal Court has issued a decision for life-imprisonment against Iraq’s former Baath regime officials, Abed Hamid Hmoud and Hussein Khidhier, under charges of eliminating Iraq’s secular parties, the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV Satellite Channel reported on Wednesday.

The said Court, the Channel added, had dropped charges against Sabaawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, half-brother of IraqÂ’s former President Saddam Hussein, in the same case.

The Supreme Criminal Court has charged member of IraqÂ’s former ruling Revolution Command Council (RCC), Ali Hassan al-Majid, with having been behind the annihilation of the secular parties, who was executed.

Abed Hamid Hmoud, the Secretary of Saddam Hussein, Ahmed Hassan Khidher al-Samarrae, the Chairman of SaddamÂ’s office, along with Sabaawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, Farouq Mohammed Ali Ahmed, Ghazaal Hammouda Saeed and Karim Radhi Abed al-Itaby, were also charged with similar accusations by the same court.
Posted by:Steve White

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