Saddam Must Attend Tribunal
Al-Bayan is issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, chaired by Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari.
Saddam Must Attend Tribunal
Al-Bayan is issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, chaired by Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari.
() Minister of justice Abdul Latif Shandal affirmed that Saddam and his seven former deputies will be forced to attend the next session of the special tribunal, scheduled for February 13. He added that chief justice Ra'uf Rashid Abdul Rahman appeared tense during the tribunal. He blamed Rahman for allowing Saddam and some of the other defendants to leave the court after he kicked out Barazan al-Tikriti (Saddam's half-brother and former head of intelligence during his regime.) He said he would have ordered Saddam to stay in the courtroom and would not have allowed a tribunal to be held without defendants and their attorneys (as occurred in the last session.)
