Lawyer: Red Cross documents show Saddam abuse

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Lawyer: Red Cross documents show Saddam abuse
From CNN Senior Editor for Arab Affairs Octavia Nasr
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Posted: 12:43 AM EDT (0443 GMT)



Saddam was captured by U.S. forces in December and has remained in coalition custody at an undisclosed location.


NEW YORK (CNN) -- 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 Cross (ICRC) visited the captured leader on January 21.

Rashdan showed one page of the ICRC report, on which various boxes can be checked to indicate the physical condition of a detainee.

"Good health" and "slightly wounded" are marked to indicate Saddam's condition.

"Why would he be slightly wounded a month after his arrest?" Rashdan asked during an interview with CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/22/saddam.lawyer/index.html

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1. Oh Christ

That's even weaker than claims he had WMD.