Saddam trial within weeks

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By Haitham Haddadin

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraq's toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his top aides will go on trial within weeks, Iraqi Minister of State Kasim
Daoud says.

"Saddam Hussein and his band will stand trials within a period of weeks," Daoud told a news conference in Kuwait City on Sunday after talks
with top officials.

He said he was referring to the U.S. list of the 55 most wanted members of Saddam's administration, most of whom are either in custody or
have been killed.

More time was needed to prepare the files of other junior officials accused of crimes against the Iraqi people as there were simply too many
of them, Daoud added.


More.....http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5193579

[leesa]

1. This COULD be interesting. Saddam has major goods on the Bush

Crime Family. I 'spect he will have a major stroke affecting his speech soon.

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3. Read this bull shit from this piece of fucking propaganda

From the same article.

"Asked if the United States would play a role in the trials, he said: "We have barred the Iraqi government from playing a role, how can we allow
a foreign faction to have a role in Saddam Hussein's trial? No ... Saddam Hussein will be tried by the Iraqi judiciary and it will issue its just
sentence against him."

In mid-August, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged an Iraqi court to speed up proceedings against Saddam. He said his U.S.-backed
government would do all it can to ensure the men get a fair trial."

The muzzle is being clamped on, and just in time for the election, 'eh?

[NeoConsSuck]

2. Just as Karl Rove instructed..

Let's see, we're close to Osama, Saddam is going on trial.

Wow, this is great. CNN and Fox won't have to mention the word 'Kerry' until after the election.

[ScrewyRabbit]

4. They need a judgement to remind people how bad Saddam was

But I bet the trial is not a public trial...

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5. This trial should have world wide Notoriety and every day coverage

of all involved and how Saddam Hussein got his power.

[kimchi]

6. The timing couldn't be more perfect.

Good little Iraqi government! Keep it up, and you MIGHT even get to keep some of your oil!

Glad to see a trial coming up...just suspicious of the timing.

[Career Prole]

7. Well they'd best shake a leg with that trial...

seein' as how the execution's been scheduled for November 1st.

[Ohio rules]

12. How about Jerry Springer

"seein' as how the execution's been scheduled for November 1st."

do the play by play ?


Actually, it may not be live like an OJ circus side show trial but,this trial will be covered in Iraq big time.

[Career Prole]

13. It'll be open and live if shrub is down in the polls.

Remember, he governs Iraq by remote control.
Welcome to DU, Ohiyuh! :hi:

[slojim240]

8. When is Bush's trial? Right after Saddam's?

I sure hope so.

[Dangerman]

9. Sad really...

It would have also been Reagan and Bush the 1st's trail if Ron hadn't kick the bucket and George the 1st would have not kept his big mouth shut.

Remember kids, it's Reagan, Bush Sr. and their freaking cronies that help Saddam in power in the first place. Why can't those bastards be tried as well? (Reagan's death aside)

[creeksneakers2]

10. Tony Blair admitted the mass graves claims were exaggerated

A fourth of the suspected sites were unearthed and only 5,000 bodies were found. That's far from the 400,000 US AID claimed. A trial might bring attention to this as another one of Bush's lies.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1263830,00.html

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11. All of a sudden the 300,000 to maybe a half a mil is around 5000

Are the "rape rooms" also an embellishment? Another lie junior doesn't want to face?

"At the heart of the questions are the numbers so far identified in Iraq's graves. Of 270 suspected grave sites identified in the last year, 55 have now been examined, revealing, according to the best estimates that The Observer has been able to obtain, around 5,000 bodies. Forensic examination of grave sites has been hampered by lack of security in Iraq, amid widespread complaints by human rights organizations that until recently the graves have not been secured and protected."

[despairing optimist]

14. Another opening, another show . . .

We've heard this song before. The timing couldn't be better, right?

And this is just the warmup for the October surprise.

But the other side will battle back. Abu Ghraib and 9/11 screwups aren't old news just because the bushistas want them to be.