Posted on 06/28/2004 10:22:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BAGHDAD, (AFP) - The US-led multi-national force has officially agreed to hand jailed dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and 11 members of his old regime over to Iraqi custody in the next few days, the country's special tribunal says.
Salam Chalabi, executive director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, and the coalition forces agreeed to the hand over of Saddam, the tribunal charged with Iraqi war crimes announced in a statement.
"As a consequence over the next few days, the Iraqi authorities will be taking custody of 12 senior members of the previous regime, including Saddam Hussein, this being the first transfer of those senior members who will be charged with the commission of serious crimes," he said.
The US-led multi-national force has officially agreed to hand jailed dictator Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and 11 members of his old regime over to Iraqi custody in the next few days, the country's special tribunal says. Here a figure of a captured Hussein in an Ace of Spades t-shirt, the card used by the US to illustrate his value(AFP/Hero Builders/File)
Former president Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is to be moved at the start of July to a new jail with Iraqi guards and limited support from the US-led military, interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said.(AFP/HO-File)
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is shown in this image released by the U.S. Army on Sunday Dec. 14, 2003, in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home Saturday night. The United States will transfer legal custody of Saddam Hussein to the new Iraqi government perhaps as early as next weekend, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday, June 27, 2004. The ousted Iraqi leader, however, will remain in the hands of U.S. troops, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/US Army, File)
Maybe we could get Algore to do the honors after he drinks too much tea, again. (snort!)
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