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Saddam judge in Iraqi Kurdistan to gather
evidence, Sulaimaniyah
30.8.2005
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SULAIMANIYAH,
Iraq, Aug 30 (AFP) - 12h02 - The chief judge trying
ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has arrived in
northern Iraq's Kurdish-controlled zone to gather
criminal evidence against the former dictator, a
Kurdish official said Tuesday.
"The visit by Judge Raed al-Juhi to Sulaimaniyah is
to gather documents and evidence that could be
useful in the trial of Saddam Hussein," the official
said.
He said that four judges in an Iraqi Special
Tribunal court in Sulaimaniyah, 330 kilometers (205
miles) north of Baghdad, had been listening to
claims against Saddam.
"These are victims or families of victims, who were
affected during the Anfal operations in which
182,000 were killed in several Kurdistan provinces,
or those who were subjected to chemical warfare in
Halabja in 1988," the official said. |
Former dictator
Saddam Hussein
Photo : AP
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He said Juhi will head afterwards to Arbil, the
declared capital of the Kurdish region, which has
enjoyed de facto autonomy since 1991.
Saddam, who was ousted in April 2003 after the
US-led invasion of Iraq and captured the following
December, is in US custody near Baghdad awaiting
trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
No trial date has yet been set, although Iraqi
government officials have said it could take place
within the next two months.
Last month, the court filed the first charges
against Saddam over the 1982 killing of 143
residents of the village of Dujail, northeast of
Baghdad, where he had been the target of a failed
assassination bid.
AFP
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