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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   COVER STORIES Saddam goes to court Thursday, July 01, 2004 BAGHDAD— SADDAM Hussein appeared before an Iraqi judge yesterday as Iraq’s newly sovereign government took the first step toward bringing him to justice. “Today at 10:15 a.m. the Republic of Iraq assumed legal custody of Saddam Hussein,” said a terse statement from interim Prime BAGHDAD— SADDAM Hussein appeared before an Iraqi judge yesterday as Iraq’s newly sovereign government took the first step toward bringing him to justice. “Today at 10:15 a.m. the Republic of Iraq assumed legal custody of Saddam Hussein,” said a terse statement from interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s office. The deposed dictator and 11 of his lieutenants were turned over to face Iraqi justice nearly 15 months after US-led forces overthrew him. They will stay under US military guard. “Saddam said ‘Good morning’ and asked if he could ask some questions,” said Salem Chalabi, the US-trained lawyer leading the work of a tribunal set up to try the former president. “He was told he should wait until tomorrow,” Chalabi said after attending the formalities in which Saddam and 11 of his former lieutenants were turned over to Iraqi justice. Chalabi, who has received death threats since he began work on the tribunal, said the 67-year-old Saddam looked in good health and had sat in a chair during the closed proceedings. Saddam’s former aides appeared nervous or hostile and one of them, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali for his role in using chemical weapons, was shaking. Saddam, accused by Iraqis of ordering the killing and torture of thousands of people during 35 years of Baathist rule, had been held as a prisoner of war since US forces found him hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit on December 13.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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