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

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Lawyers Stop Work

The lawyers acting for Saddam Hussein have stopped working with the Iraqi court hearing the case, in response to the murder of one of their colleagues.

The lawyers demand that the Iraqi government provide them with 15 bodyguards each.

Apparently, both sides in the dispute are now negotiating terms that will satisfy both the court and the defence team.

The lawyers also claimed that the rights of Saddam, and his seven co-defendants, were being violated. Something I am sure that Saddam never worried about, when he was in charge of the "justice system".

Part of the reason for this "downing of tools", aside from fear for their lives, may be a tactical ploy; designed to delay the trial for as long as possible, until Iraq is involved in a fully fledged civil war.

That being the case, holding the trial would be all but impossible.

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