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Saddam rejects meeting U.S. officials
29.6.2005
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LONDON, England (UPI) -- Toppled Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein has refused to meet U.S. officials as
a prisoner, but only as the president of Iraq, it
was reported Wednesday.
The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi quoted
unidentified sources close to Saddam and his lawyers
as saying the former leader turned down an offer by
U.S. Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld to urge the
resistance to put down their arms in return for
preventing the court from sentencing him to death.
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Former dictator
Saddam Hussein
Photo : AP |
One
of Saddam`s lawyers told the independent
Palestinian-owned daily Saddam had rejected the
offer and refuses to meet any U.S. officials as a
prisoner, "but only as the president of Iraq and
after the American withdrawal" from the country.
The lawyer also said Saddam informed him the
"American occupation forces will have to negotiate
with the honorable Iraqis, and the enemy will open
its hand for peace and understanding."
Paper details Saddam court hearing
LONDON, England (UPI) - An Arab paper reports
toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein insisted on
signing his testimony as the president of Iraq in
his most recent court appearance.
The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi quoted sources
close to the procedure as saying Saddam appeared in
very good health and high morale as he was
questioned on his role in the killing of hundreds of
people from al-Dujail in the early 1980s after a
failed assassination attempt on his life.
They said Saddam denied he had ordered the mass
killing, but after the judge told him his former
vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and his
half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti testified that he had
ordered "revenge mass killings," Saddam said, "If
they said that and they signed this testimony, then
I am responsible."
One of his defense lawyer told the paper Saddam
doubted Ramadan and Tikriti had testified to that
effect, "but he behaved as a president should and
took responsibility."
The hearing was two weeks ago.
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