Home>News Center>World
         
 

Second lawyer in Saddam trial assassinated
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-09 07:53

"The aim of these organized attacks is to scare Arab and foreign lawyers," al-Dulaimi told Al-Jazeera television. "We call upon the international community, especially the secretary-general of the United Nations, to send an investigative committee because the situation is unbearable."

Saddam and seven co-defendants went on trial Oct. 19 in a special court in the heavily guarded Green Zone. They are charged in the 1982 deaths of 148 Shiite Muslims in Dujail following an assassination attempt against Saddam in that town north of Baghdad.

Trial judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin postponed the proceedings until Nov. 28 to allow the defense time to prepare.

After the killing of the first lawyer, defense attorneys announced they would not cooperate with the court and would refuse to appear at the next session until they were satisfied with security. Kubba said the lawyers twice turned down invitations to move to the Green Zone, where they could be protected by U.S. and other international troops.

The United States condemned a fatal attack in Iraq against defense lawyers defending some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, killing Adil Mohammed Abbas, lawyer for former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and wounding Tamer Hamud Hadi, pictured October 2005, who is a lawyer for Barzan al-Tikriti
The United States condemned a fatal attack in Iraq against defense lawyers defending some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, killing Adil Mohammed Abbas, lawyer for former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and wounding Tamer Hamud Hadi, pictured October 2005, who is a lawyer for Barzan al-Tikriti. [AFP/file]
In a statement, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Elizabeth Colton said the United States "considers defense counsel a vital part of the judicial process" and puts a priority on their security. "All parties have been offered various security measures and some have accepted," she added.

The United States has worked for years to train an Iraqi judiciary to conduct the proceedings by international standards.

Richard Dicker, an expert in international law at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, said a fair trial is impossible "if effective measures are not implemented to provide security for defense attorney who are clearly at risk."

Elise Groulx, president of the International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, voiced similar concerns.

"If we want the trial to restore peace and security to this country, we have to ensure it is fair and effective. Of course, there can be no legitimate, fair trial if there is no effective defense," Groulx said.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan acknowledged the necessity of ensuring "that you have the security environment in place for those trials to proceed and for witnesses to be able to participate in the trial as well in a secure way."

In other developments Tuesday:

_The U.S. military said Marines and Iraqi troops had secured Husaybah after four days of fighting with al-Qaida-led insurgents in the town on the Syrian border. Commanders had described the town as a major entry point for foreign fighters sneaking into Iraq from Syria.

_Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, during a visit to Rome, repeated his prediction that his country's security forces will be ready to begin taking over from coalition troops around the end of next year.

_One civilian was killed when gunmen opened fire in the Dora district in the capital.

_A car bomb exploded near Baghdad's Mustansiriyah University, killing one person and injuring another.


Page: 12



Pakistan, India open checkpoint of Line of Control
Former Peruvian president pays surprise visit to Chile
Tornado kills at least 20 in the US
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

President Hu visits London, Sino-UK ties get warmer

 

   
 

Bush: US-China ties 'important' and 'good'

 

   
 

Six-Party Talks resume; differences remain

 

   
 

Institute to make Tamiflu if epidemic spreads

 

   
 

Most Chinese unsatisfied with sex lives

 

   
 

US, China reach agreement on textile, clothing

 

   
  Second lawyer in Saddam trial assassinated
   
  Restive France declares state of emergency
   
  CIA moves toward probe of prisons story
   
  One dead, 2 hurt in US school shooting
   
  Security Council extends Iraq mandate
   
  Pentagon issues new rules on detainees
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Sunnis begin a religious holiday in Iraq
   
3 Thai firms named for bribing Saddam Hussein
   
Bush: Saddam to get fair trial in Iraq
   
Iraqi PM rules out Saddam trial outside Iraq
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久中文网中文字幕| 免费无码专区毛片高潮喷水| 无遮挡很爽很污很黄在线网站| 宅男66lu国产在线观看| 久久亚洲精品中文字幕| 欧洲成人午夜精品无码区久久| 亚洲精品视频免费看| 精品国产品香蕉在线观看| 国产一级视频免费| 国产交换丝雨巅峰| 国产精品午夜福利在线观看地址| 99精品视频免费在线观看| 少妇无码一区二区二三区| 中文字幕日韩三级片| 日本精品一卡2卡3卡四卡| 亚洲AV日韩AV永久无码下载| 欧美换爱交换乱理伦片免费观看| 人人妻人人爽人人澡欧美一区| 精品伊人久久久久网站| 啊灬啊灬啊灬快灬深用力| 色播亚洲视频在线观看| 国产国产精品人在线视| 人与动人物欧美网站| 国产精品扒开腿做爽爽爽的视频| 97影院在线午夜| 在线视频观看一区| segui久久综合精品| 小小影视日本动漫观看免费| 不卡av电影在线| 成人亚洲综合天堂| 中国老熟妇xxxxx| 成年18网站免费视频网站| 中文字幕第7页| 无人码一区二区三区视频 | 无码人妻精品一区二区三区久久 | 6080yy免费毛片一级新视觉| 在公交车上被站着被c| avav片在线看| 天天澡天天摸天天爽免费| www.一级片| 女人腿张开让男人桶爽|