The Trial of Saddam Hussein and The Fallout of The War

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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The fallout in the Middle East from the regime change in Iraq

Friday, September 23, 2005

Iran's Indictment

Iran has finalised a formal indictment against Saddam Hussein.

The indictment has been prepared by the Public Persecutor's Office, and will be sent to Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi for the final endorsement after being signed by Prosecutor General Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabad.

Ayatollah Shahroudi criticised the Iraqi court, prosecuting Saddam; for failing to address his alleged crimes and violations of human rights in the early years of the 1980-88 war against Iran, and his continued atrocities over the next eight years.

He noted that the Iraqi indictment was "very poor, scanty and lacked Saddam's true crimes".

He called on the court to provide a "real indictment", by including all crimes committed by Saddam.

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