[ppi] [ppiindia] Saddam confronts trial judge

** Mailing List|Milis Nasional Indonesia PPI-India **
** Situs resmi: http://www.ppi-india.org **
** Situs milis: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia **
** Informasi Beasiswa Scholarship: http://informasi-beasiswa.blogspot.com **
<br><br><a href="http://informasi-beasiswa.blogspot.com";><img 
src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Info_Beasiswa.gif"; height="67" width="200" 
style="border:0" alt="Info Beasiswa Scholarship "/></a><br><br>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1652490,00.html

Saddam confronts trial judge 

Simon Jeffery and agencies
Monday November 28, 2005 



L to R, front row: Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Saddam Hussein; second row: Taha 
Yassin Ramadan, Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid, Mizhar Abdullah Ruwayyid; back row: 
Mohammed Azawi Ali, Ali Dayim Ali, Barazan Ibrahim sit at their trial in 
Baghdad. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
 


A combative Saddam Hussein today picked up his trial for crimes against 
humanity where he had left it off, making a series of heated outbursts against 
the chief trial judge. 
Evidence of the former dictator's antagonistic attitude towards the court - put 
on full display when the hearing began on October 19 - was sparked by Judge 
Rizgar Amin asking him why he was eight minutes late. 

Saddam blamed the delay on a malfunctioning lift and the insistence of guards 
that he wear shackles, which he said made it hard to climb the four flights of 
stairs to the court while carrying papers. 

When Judge Amin, who won praise for his handling of a truculent Saddam during 
the opening session, said he would he tell the guards not to let it happen 
again, Saddam rebuked him. "You do not tell them. You order them. You are an 
Iraqi, they are conquerors and occupiers," he said. 

In later exchanges, television footage was cut to show the court's emblem after 
Saddam complained that his pen and paper had been taken from him. 

"Why would you confiscate my papers and the pen that I need? How should I 
defend myself," he asked Judge Amin. 

Wearing a white shirt and charcoal jacket, Saddam had earlier strolled 
cheerfully into the court in Baghdad's green zone carrying a copy of the Koran 
and uttering the Arabic greeting, "Peace to the people of peace". 

Saddam, who denies charges of murder, torture, forced expulsions and illegal 
imprisonment, is on trial with seven co-defendants for the deaths of 140 men 
and boys following a botched assasination attempt on him in the Shia Muslim 
town of Dujail in 1982. 

All eight could be sentenced to death by hanging if the court finds against 
them, but the trial on the Dujail charges is the first of as many as a dozen 
trials Saddam could face for the 35 years he held power in Iraq. 

The eight on trial are Saddam; his then-intelligence chief, Barazan Ibrahim; 
his vice-president, Taha Yassin Ramadan; Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the head of his 
court; and four senior Ba'ath party officials in the Dujail region, Abdullah 
Kazim Ruwayyid, Ali Dayim Ali, Mohammed Azawi Ali and Mizhar Abdullah Ruwayyid. 

The 40-day break since the opening hearing was requested by the accused men's 
legal team to allow them more time to prepare a defence. The defence lawyers 
were today joined by Ramsey Clarke, the former US attorney general, and had 
indicated that they would argue for an adjournment of up to three months to 
give them more time to prepare for the case. 

Judge Amin adjourned the trial for week, when witnesses for the prosecution 
could give evidence for the first time. 

Staging a credible trial of the former president in Baghdad has proved a 
political and security nightmare for the Iraqi government and its US backers. 

A moment of silence was today held in the court as a mark of respect for two of 
Saddam's defence lawyers who have been murdered since the October hearing. A 
plot was yesterday uncovered to assassinate Judge Amin while residents of 
Dujail told Reuters at the weekend that death threats had already been made 
against some witnesses. 

The entire defence team has meanwhile threatened to boycott the trial unless 
they received guarantees of US protection. 

Mr Clarke, who in the past has also spoken in defence of Slobodan Milosevic and 
opposed the Vietnam war, has said he intends to challenge the legality of the 
court in his capacity as an adviser to the defence team. 

"A fair trial in this case is absolutely imperative for historical truth. It is 
absolutely essential that the court is legal in its constitution," he told 
Reuters.




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page
http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

***************************************************************************
Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg 
Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://www.ppi-india.org
***************************************************************************
__________________________________________________________________________
Mohon Perhatian:

1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik)
2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari.
3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 
4. Satu email perhari: ppiindia-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5. No-email/web only: ppiindia-nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6. kembali menerima email: ppiindia-normal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    ppiindia-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Situs resmi: http://www.ppi-india.org ; 
Situs milis: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia ; 
Informasi Beasiswa Scholarship: http://informasi-beasiswa.blogspot.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br>
<a href="http://informasi-beasiswa.blogspot.com";><img 
src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Info_Beasiswa.gif"; height="67" width="200" 
style="border:0" alt="Info Beasiswa Scholarship "/></a><br>

Other related posts: