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600 Lawyers Volunteer to Defend Saddam Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 600 Lawyers Volunteer to Defend Saddam By SHAFIKA MATTAR Associated Press Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - More than 600 Jordanian lawyers have volunteered to defend former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the president of the Jordanian Bar Association said Tuesday. The Arab Lawyer's Union, which comprises members from across the Arab world, is setting up an international team for Saddam's defense, Hussein Mejali told The Associated Press. Full Article Iran's conflicting views on Saddam By Safa Haeri PARIS - Ever since the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein by US forces aided by Iraqi Kurdish peshmergas, top Iranian officials on both sides of the leadership have made discordant, if not contradictory, statements about his trial, his sentence and the issue of Iran-Iraq War reparations, estimated by Tehran at billions of US dollars. For several days after Saddam's capture on December 13, there was stunned silence from Iran's clerical rulers, high-ranking military commanders and advisers. Saddam Hussein had launched a devastating eight-year war from 1980-88, a conflict that cost Iran half a million dead and wounded. Many of the casualties were injured for life because of the massive use of chemical weapons by Iraqi troops. Full Article |
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