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Saddam trial may be over by June 2006: US
adviser
9.1.2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq :
The first trial of Saddam Hussein could be over by
June provided interruptions and delays are kept to a
minimum, according to a US legal advisor to the
Iraqi tribunal trying the former dictator.
Saddam and other former regime members may then face
a raft of other charges of crimes against humanity,
likely starting with a bloody campaign against the
Kurds between 1987 and 1988, said Regime Crimes
Liaison Kevin Dooley.
A form of indictment related to the alleged Kurdish
massacre will probably be issued in the next two
months, but any trial against those accused will
only start once the current case is over, he told
AFP in an interview. |
Former dictator Saddam Hussein
Photo : AFP
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Dooley, a US prosecutor by trade, heads the
so-called Regime Crimes Liaison Office, a
Baghdad-based body of legal experts set up by the US
government in May 2004 to provide support and advice
to the Iraqi High Tribunal. At present, Saddam and
seven co-defendants are being tried for the killing
of 148 Shiites from the village of Dujail, north of
Baghdad, after a failed assassination attempt in
1982.
AFP
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