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Saddam trial
must be in Iraq, official says- Media monitor
20.9.2005
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Saddam trial must be
in Iraq, official says
(Al-Ittihad)
Minister of Justice Abdul-Hussein Shandal said
yesterday that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein
and top figures of his regime will be tried in Iraq
and according to the Iraqi penal code. "What the
defense body of Saddam asked for, that he should be
tried outside Iraq, is illegal," he said in a
statement. Shandal explained that the trials have
been delayed by the vast amounts of evidence being
considered.
(Al-Ittihad is
published daily by the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan.)
Kurdistan President Urges Consensus
(Azzaman)
Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan region
and head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party said
Kurds must work based on consensus and for the
common good. "We should not only look at our
interests," he said Sunday at a meeting with
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan officials in Salahadeen.
"We should take care of the interests of other
components otherwise the consensus that we talk
about can't be achieved."
(London-based
Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.)
Saddam's Nephew Sentenced to Life in Prison
(Al-Mada)
Aiman Sab'awi, Saddam Hussein's nephew, was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Central
Criminal Court for financing insurgent activities
and manufacturing of bombs, the Iraqi government
announced yesterday. "As a result of confessions
that this trial revealed about other criminal acts
perpetrated by Aiman Sab'awi, it has been decided
that a second trial shall be held for him in Nov.
1," a statement said.
(Al-Mada is
issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media,
Culture, and Arts.)
Arrested Bomber Says He Was Kidnapped, Drugged by
Insurgents
(Al-Sharq al-Awsat)
A Saudi suicide bomber arrested last week before he
could blow himself up in a Shiite mosque said he was
forced to carry out the attack after he was
kidnapped, beaten and drugged by insurgents. U.S.
military officials said physical and medical exams
confirmed his statements. The bomber, Muhammed Ali,
who seemed to be in his twenties, said in a
broadcast on al-Iraqiyyah TV that he did not want to
blow himself up but wanted to go back to his
country.
(London-based
Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is
issued daily.)
U.N. to Sponsor Reconciliation Conference
(Al-Iraq al-Yawm)
The United Nations will hold a reconciliation
conference in the next few weeks with groups
representing different sects and interests to
discuss ideas for protecting the unity of Iraq and
achieving its sovereignty, said Anna Meri Jan, a
member of the U.N. team providing assistance in
drafting the constitution. Ashraf Qadhi,
representative of the U.N. Secretary General in
Baghdad, met in August and September with a number
of political party chiefs, tribal Sheikhs and
representatives of sects who expressed a desire to
take part in a reconciliation conference.
(Al-Iraq al-Yawm
is a weekly newspaper issued by Isra Shakir.)
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