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Lawyers representing the members of the old regime have said their clients will not recognise the legitimacy of any courts established under US occupation.
Originally posted by shots
I think the BBC and others are jumping the gun here. As I recall yesterday or the day before it was stated that they may hold some hearings, but not the actual trials.
It was stated trials cannot take place until they have a constitution in place.
"I can now tell you clearly and precisely that, God willing, next week the trials of the symbols of the former regime will start, one by one so that justice can take its path in Iraq," Allawi told the interim National Council, without saying who would be tried.
Originally posted by Kriz_4
Originally posted by shots
I think the BBC and others are jumping the gun here. As I recall yesterday or the day before it was stated that they may hold some hearings, but not the actual trials.
It was stated trials cannot take place until they have a constitution in place.
I do not think they are jumping the gun, shots. This has come straight from the horses mouth so to speak.
"I can now tell you clearly and precisely that, God willing, next week the trials of the symbols of the former regime will start, one by one so that justice can take its path in Iraq," Allawi told the interim National Council, without saying who would be tried.
Source: www.usatoday.com...
Government leaders have said recently the Special Tribunal is not yet prepared to begin the trials. They need to train judges and prosecutors, and sort through stacks of evidence, all under the pressure of a deadly insurgency that has been able to strike at will.
The announcement by interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Alawi that some of Saddam Hussein's leading associates could face trial as early as next week will please both opponents and victims of the Baathist regime.
But many international legal experts are concerned that, however serious the charges against them, the conditions have not been created to enable these people to have anything resembling a fair trial.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, widely known as "Chemical Ali", will be the first of Saddam Hussein's top aides to be tried, Iraqi's interim government has said.
Mr al-Majid is accused of some of the worst crimes committed by the regime, including the gassing of Iraqi Kurds.
There is no indication of when Saddam Hussein will face trial. He and 11 top regime figures are in US custody.
"In the next few days, we will have the trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of the close followers of Saddam Hussein," Mr al-Shalaan said.
Saddam Hussein's former deputy, Ali Hassan al-Majid - widely known as Chemical Ali - has been questioned by Iraqi judges in a pre-trial hearing.
He is accused of some of the worst crimes committed by the regime, including the gassing of Iraqi Kurds.
He was interrogated in Baghdad along with Saddam Hussein's last Defence Minister, Gen Sultan Hashim Ahmed, investigative judge Raad al-Juhyi said.
However the judge added the hearing did not mean a trial was imminent.