Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Saddam Complains About Access to Lawyer
ABC 7 ^ | July 21, 2005 | BASSEM MROUE The Associated Press

Posted on 07/21/2005 5:26:55 PM PDT by mdittmar

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - bio) complained that he has not been allowed sufficient access to his lawyer in a new tape aired on Thursday by an Arabic satellite television station. The footage, broadcast by Dubai-based Al Arabiya, showed the ousted leader complaining to Judge Munir Haddad about only getting to see his lawyer when he is being questioned by investigative judges.

"The lawyer only sees his client when there is an investigation session. Is this the law?" Saddam asked.

Though video showing the former Iraqi leader has been released in the past, this was the first time he has been seen since the Iraqi Special Tribunal filed its first criminal case against him on Sunday.

Saddam and three other top officials are accused of involvement in the July 1982 massacre of an estimated 150 Shiites in the town of Dujail, in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt on the Sunni leader.

The former president, who was captured by U.S. troops in December 2003, was expected to be charged with at least 13 crimes for which he could face the death penalty. No trial date has been set.

In addition to the Dujail massacre, the cases include the 1987-88 campaign to drive Iraqi Kurds from wide areas of the north and the brutal repression of the Shiite revolt in the south after U.S.-led forces drove Iraqi invaders from Kuwait in 1991.

It was unclear when the film was taken but Saddam is shown being questioned about the case of Iraqi Shiite Kurds, whose property he confiscated during the early 1980s. He deported many of them to Iran during that time.

In the video, Saddam is seen sitting on a chair, and at one point, wearing glasses and taking notes. A man who appears to be his lawyer sat beside him.

Wearing a dark blue suit and a white shirt, Saddam complained that when he greeted the judges, he got no response.

"When someone like me says 'Peace be upon you,' and no one responds, then this is a big insult for someone like Saddam Hussein," he said.

Saddam also said his arrest and detention by the Iraqi government was a joke, since the Americans were the ones with power.

"I am under detention. This is what is being said. It is a game," he told the judge, in an apparent reference to being held at a U.S. military base.

"No. God willing, no," Haddad said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; saddamtrial
Hank Jr. said it best,"Don't Give Us A Reason"
1 posted on 07/21/2005 5:26:55 PM PDT by mdittmar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
"The lawyer only sees his client when there is an investigation session. Is this the law?" Saddam asked.

For you it is, j**koff..

2 posted on 07/21/2005 5:30:03 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Definition of Insanity- Political Correctness when applied in the War on Terror..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cardinal4

Lets give him the same rights he afforded everybody else.

Rev up that body shredder.....


3 posted on 07/21/2005 5:30:51 PM PDT by konaice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

He only wants the same treatment he provided the Kurds and the Iraqi people! /sarcasm


4 posted on 07/21/2005 5:31:29 PM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: konaice

You beat me to it.


5 posted on 07/21/2005 5:32:11 PM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I would like to know what we are talking about.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Like yeah! You gave all your "victims" legal access!


6 posted on 07/21/2005 5:33:20 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: konaice
Rev up that body shredder.....

and the sarin gas, mustard gas, raperooms....I wish he could suffer all the things he did to others..

7 posted on 07/21/2005 5:33:57 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Definition of Insanity- Political Correctness when applied in the War on Terror..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
"When someone like me says 'Peace be upon you,' and no one responds, then this is a big insult for someone like Saddam Hussein," he said.

Peace on Saddam.

8 posted on 07/21/2005 5:34:19 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Let's try him under his regime's law... no lawyers, no trial... just a shallow grave in the desert.


9 posted on 07/21/2005 5:36:40 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cardinal4
"The lawyer only sees his client when there is an investigation session.

Is this the law?" Saddam asked.

YES!

10 posted on 07/21/2005 5:37:46 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: konaice
Rev up that body shredder.....

They should put it in the room with him and let him stare at it during the trial

11 posted on 07/21/2005 5:38:01 PM PDT by msnimje
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

I thought he and Ramsey Clark had conjugal visits.


12 posted on 07/21/2005 5:38:26 PM PDT by digger48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar
Hey Saddam!

I couldn't have said it better, Bender.

13 posted on 07/21/2005 5:40:13 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar; potlatch; devolve; Smartass; FBD; Salem; dennisw; SJackson; F15Eagle

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (news - bio) complained that he has not been allowed sufficient access to his lawyer in a new tape aired on Thursday by an Arabic satellite television station. The footage, broadcast by Dubai-based Al Arabiya, showed the ousted leader complaining to Judge Munir Haddad about only getting to see his lawyer when he is being questioned by investigative judges.

14 posted on 07/22/2005 6:21:14 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sonofatpatcher2; mdittmar
Let’s Keep This A Secret

I have been captured

My Regime has fallen

And my sons are dead.
But I have some good news . .

I just saved hundreds

on my car insurance

by switching to Geico


15 posted on 07/22/2005 6:22:16 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Viva La MIGRA - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Happy2BMe
Re: "...by switching to Geico..."

Hey! Ever see a robot do the geckco!

Well... You have now!

Bender! Stop that stupid dance and go get me another beer!

16 posted on 07/22/2005 7:42:11 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Cut out his tongue and he won't be saying such things.


17 posted on 07/23/2005 4:38:45 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mdittmar

Give him Johnnie Cochran; he asked for him. It was suggested that a meeting be arranged between Cochran & Saddam.

(P.S. In case any Freeper does not already know it, Cochran is DEAD, but reportedly (AZ Republic) Saddam asked for Cochran. I say, give him what he wants!)


18 posted on 07/23/2005 10:17:31 PM PDT by FReethesheeples (Was the Narcissistic Joe Wilson a Source in "Outing" His Own Wife Valerie Plame as a "CIA Agent"?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson