IOC inquiry focuses on Hussein's son - Odai Hussein accused of torturing, imprisoning athletes

Associated Press ^ | January 21, 2003 | Associated Press Staff

[MeekOneGOP]

IOC inquiry focuses on Hussein's son

01/21/2003

Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee is investigating accusations that Saddam Hussein's oldest son, the head of Iraq's Olympic association, tortured and jailed athletes.

"We've received the complaint and we're dealing with it," said Paquerette Girard Zappelli of the IOC ethics commission. She said she could not comment further while the inquiry was under way.

In December, Indict, a London-based human rights group, lodged a complaint demanding that the IOC expel the Iraqi National Olympic Committee.

Citing witness statements by exiled Iraqi athletes and U.N. reports, Indict contended that Odai Hussein once made a group of track athletes crawl on newly poured asphalt while they were beaten and ordered that some be thrown off a bridge. It also alleged that he ran a special prison for athletes who offended him.

Indict, which receives three-quarters of its funding from the U.S. Congress, was set up in 1997 to try to get Saddam Hussein and leading members of his regime brought before an international tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity.

---

Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/world/stories/012103dnintioc.64264.html

[MeekOneGOP]

Aw, come on now. Would THIS fella do something like that now, huh? < /sarcasm >

And what in the world is the deal with all the variations in some of these Middle-Easterners name spellings? Uday, Odai...

[twntaipan]

This CANNOT be true! Ramsey Clark, Sean Penn, and other assorted leftists have told us that Iraq is good and America is evil.

[banjo joe]

Notice the weak chin and beady eyes.

[alloysteel]

The IOC. Now THERE'S an organization that has some teeth.

Sic 'em.

[kassie]

Mental illness runs rampant through their genes.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks, folks...

[Marysecretary]

So does demonic possession. These people are beyond nut cases!