Posted on 10/20/2005 12:23:10 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Edited on 10/20/2005 1:08:08 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers has been kidnapped in Baghdad, it has been reported.
Saadoun Janabi was abducted by armed men a day after Saddam's trial for a 1982 massacre of Shi'ites got underway in the capital, sources told AFP news agency.
More follows...
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Update from Reuters:
Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:16 PM BST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A defence lawyer involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others has been kidnapped by gunmen, said police and Interior Ministry sources.
Police said initial reports identified the abducted lawyer as Saadoun Dulaimi. A legal source confirmed the kidnapped man was involved in the trial which started on Wednesday.
Reuters: Defence lawyer in Saddam trial kidnapped-police
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Update from BBC News World Edition:
October 20, 2005
Gunmen have kidnapped one of the lawyers involved in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Sadoun Nasouaf al-Janavi was taken from his office in eastern Baghdad.
He is acting for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, Awad Hamed al-Bandar. One report said seven other people were seized at the same time.
In a defiant appearance at his trial on Wednesday, Saddam Hussein pleaded not guilty to charges over the killing of 148 people in a Shia town in 1982.
He refused to confirm his identity, telling the presiding judge: "Who are you? What is all this?"
All eight defendants pleaded not guilty to charges of ordering the killing of 148 Shia men in 1982. If convicted, they could face the death penalty. The trial was adjourned until 28 November.
BBC News World Edition: Saddam trial lawyer taken hostage
I'm sure plenty of prominent Ba'athists have just "disappeared" in the same way that plenty of prominent Nazi collaborators disappeared in France after the liberation.
Denny Crane!!!!
Doesn't make any sense. Doesn't stop anything.
Or... was it just a 'random' kidnapping of some guy off the street because he was wearing a good suit... ?
LOL!
No chance it would be Ramsey Clark, whould there be?
No such luck. It's the one and only Saadoun Janabi! (whoever that is)
It would not surprise me one bit.
This will delay the trial past the November 28th date, which could be bad.
Maybe a jealous (jilted) Ramsey arranged the kidnapping?
Keep the trial going. Saddam can afford another liar, er lawyer...well, same difference.
lol-my heart is being pulled in two entirely opposite directions.
Wasn't he the so-called "Fifth Beatle"?
One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers has been kidnapped in Baghdad, it has been reported.
Saadoun Janabi was abducted by armed men a day after Saddam's trial for a 1982 massacre of Shi'ites got underway in the capital, sources told AFP news agency.
Isn't Ramsey Clarke one of his attorneys? Why didn't they take him?
I'm suddenly having flash backs of Nick Berg.
Would a 'setup', errrr, kidnapping such as this cause a mistrial? Or further delays?
Amazing as it seems Dershowitz actually sounds like he's on our side in the WOT. He seems to believe that anything goes when it comes to getting info from terrorists.
One way to delay justice. Keep his defense team in a state of chaos.
I bet you it would. I bet you this was all planned by the Saddam loyalists.
Calpernia, read the statement from my website that the Ba'athist Party sent out last night.
Among other things they said: "The Illigitimate Trial Will Open a Distictive Phase of Jihad in the Action of the Iraqi Armed Resistance"
The translation is posted at www.lauramansfield.com
Areafiftyone, take a look at the statement issued by Saddam's party last night. I believe you are 100% right on that.
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