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20 Apr 2009, 7:40 am
Simon, the Court will consider whether Iraq has sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts in cases involving alleged misdeeds that occurred during the Saddam Hussein [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 7:22 am
[JURIST] An Australian government commission investigating Australian participation in the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program [JURIST news archive] in Iraq has recommended that criminal charges be brought against 12 business executives for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report]. [read post]
11 Apr 2006, 1:04 am
[JURIST] Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer [official website] on Tuesday denied that he received or read [PDF transcript] several cables which were sent by diplomats and trade officials to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report] under the UN's now-defunct oil-for-food program [JURIST [read post]
13 Apr 2006, 4:11 am
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister John Howard [official profile] testified [transcript, PDF] Thursday before a government commission and said that he had not seen several cables [press conference, text] sent to his office which were meant to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report] between 1997 [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 9:25 am
Aziz, who served in the government of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] as both the foreign minister and deputy prime minister, was sentenced to death [JURIST report] last month by the Iraqi High Criminal Court. [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 1:03 am
[JURIST] Iraqi prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi announced additional charges Monday against Saddam Hussein's cousin and former Iraqi defense minister Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] for the violent response to the predominately Shi'a uprising [HRW backgrounder] in southern Iraq following the 1991 Persian Gulf War. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 8:43 am
On June 24, 2007, the Iraqi High Tribunal convicted "Chemical Ali" (Ali Hassan al-Majid) and five other military leaders of Saddam Hussein's regime of international crimes related to their roles in a three-year crackdown of northern Iraqi Kurds known as the Anfal campaign. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 8:32 am
Despite the transfer, the US will maintain advisers and inspectors [CNN report] in the detention facility to respond to any allegations of prisoner abuse and will still hold 200 prisoners, including eight high-ranking officials from the regime of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] in a part of the camp called Compound 5.... [read post]
28 Dec 2007, 9:02 am
The President's disapproval of the bill is the result of a provision potentially making the Iraqi government financially liable for torts committed by Saddam Hussein's government. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 10:00 pm
El presidente de Irak, Jalal Talibani, se ha negado a firmar la orden de ejecución de Tariq Aziz, ex ministro de relaciones exteriores del gobierno de Saddam Hussein, producto de la sentencia emitida en su contra a finales del mes pasado. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 1:24 pm
In this case, the Supreme Court considered whether the now-repealed state sponsor of terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 gives American courts jurisdiction to hear cases against the Republic of Iraq involving alleged misdeeds of the Saddam Hussein regime. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 12:09 pm
Bush was particularly incensed by Saddam Hussein's mass graves, and saw them as a justification for having gone to war, but apparently he was less upset by mass graves created by American allies. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 6:11 am
Here are snippets:The American administration in Baghdad has sparked a diplomatic row with Prime Minister al-Maliki of Iraq by refusing to hand over for execution three war criminals convicted of genocide, including a cousin of Saddam Hussein's known as "Chemical" Ali.... [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 2:42 pm
Here's the basics: The government of Iraq, which was heavily criticised internationally for the way it executed Saddam Hussein, wants to abolish the death penalty, its human rights minister said on Wednesday. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 11:00 pm
Tariq Aziz, quien fue durante muchos años el ministro de relaciones exteriores del régimen de Saddam Hussein en Irak, fue sentenciado por el Tribunal Superior Penal el lunes pasado a morir ejecutado tras haber sido encontrado culpable de haber contribuido con la persecución de miles de personas por motivos religiosos. [read post]
HOW ABOUT A CONVOY TO TURKEY, taking “aid” to the Kurds? I’m sure it will be received with gentlene…
1 Jun 2010, 5:40 am
“The repression of the Kurds in Turkey, Syria, and under Saddam Hussein in Iraq, is one of the great injustices of the modern era. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 6:11 pm
Very often, Iraq War supporters said that people who criticized Bush, questioned the need for the offensive, or challenged the veracity of the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction were showing a lack of respect for the troops.If that logic was heartfelt, I wonder whether these same individuals will support the firing or resignation of General Stanley McChrystal who, along with members of his staff, became unplugged during an interview with Rolling Stone. … [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 3:06 am
Many will remember George Galloway’s Mariam Appeal launched in response to sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1998, and the famous picture of GG with Saddam Hussein. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 8:21 am
PAUL BREMER WRITES: IT has become conventional wisdom that the decision to disband Saddam Husseinâ € ™s army was a mistake, was contrary to American prewar planning and was a decision I made on my own. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 10:38 am
The BBC reports: Tony Blair has said the Iraq war made the world a safer place and he has “no regrets” about removing Saddam Hussein. [read post]
