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28 Jun 2004, 9:49 am
Legal custody of Saddam Hussein will be transferred to the Iraqi interim government in a week, according to an AP report. [read post]
23 Jun 2004, 4:57 pm
Senator Arlen Specter is seeking support from the Bush administration and fellow US senators for a non-binding Senate resolution calling on Iraq's interim government to put Saddam Hussein on trial "as soon as possible" following the June 30 transfer of power. [read post]
22 Jun 2004, 9:33 am
The US will give legal custody, but not physical control, of Saddam Hussein and other high-profile prisoners to the Iraqi interim government after the scheduled transfer of power on June 30, according to an official in Iraq's US-led administration. [read post]
21 Jun 2004, 3:17 pm
Salem Chalabi, head of Iraq's Special Tribunal, has said that Saddam Hussein could face the death penalty if convicted of war crimes by the tribunal, as long as a suspension on the death penalty currently imposed by US administrator Paul Bremmer is lifted. [read post]
16 Jun 2004, 10:18 am
Salem Chalabi, the Iraqi official charged with setting up the Iraqi Special Tribunal, has said that Iraqi authorities hope to file criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and other top officials of the former Iraqi regime by the end of the month. [read post]
15 Jun 2004, 9:28 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has said that the US will hand over Saddam Hussein and other high-profile detainees "within the next two weeks. [read post]
14 Jun 2004, 2:53 pm
Representatives for the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that while most prisoners of war and civilian detainees in Iraq should be released at the end of the US occupation of Iraq, Saddam Hussein or "any prisoner of war suspected of having committed any type of crime can be charged and tried. [read post]
9 Jun 2004, 9:57 am
Lawyers for Saddam Hussein, led by Jordanian Mohammad Rashdan, continue their requests to be given access to their client and have threatened to "take the necessary legal measures against any US official who obstructs its action in line with US laws, which give the administration a 20-day deadline" to meet the request. [read post]
4 Jun 2004, 5:52 am
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today dismissed a suit brought by POWs of the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq and Saddam Hussein that had resulted in a $959 million judgment. [read post]
25 May 2004, 4:14 pm
A representative of Amnesty International has challenged President Bush's plan to demolish Abu Ghraib prison, arguing that leaving the prison standing could aid in the prosecution of crimes committed there under Saddam Hussein's regime. [read post]
21 May 2004, 9:10 am
US wire services this morning are quoting Iraqi security sources as saying that four former members of Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen paramilitary have been arrested in connection with the beheading of US civilian Nicolas Berg. [read post]
11 May 2004, 4:38 am
AP is reporting that the head of the Iraqi war crimes tribunal has announced that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, now in US custody, wil be handed over to Iraqis for trial by July 1. [read post]
22 Apr 2004, 9:36 am
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has announced the formation of an independent panel to investigate charges of massive corruption in the administration of the now-defunct UN Oil for Food program that allowed the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein, then facing sanctions, to sell oil to pay for humanitarian goods and supplies. [read post]
20 Apr 2004, 6:01 pm
A spokesman for the Iraqi Governing Council announced Tuesday that eight judges and four prosecutors have been named to the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity set up by statute late last year to try Saddam Hussein and other high Iraqi officials accused of crimes against the Iraqi people. [read post]
6 Apr 2004, 6:31 am
The Bush administration indicated in a report to Congress Tuesday that it was increasing its support of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity set up by the Iraqi Governing Council to try former President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqis suspected of war crimes. [read post]
28 Mar 2004, 6:23 pm
A Jordanian lawyer who claims he was appointed to represent Saddam Hussein by the former Iraqi president's daughter is contesting French attorney Jacques Verges's Saturday announcement that he would represent Saddam. [read post]
27 Mar 2004, 4:32 pm
French lawyer and longtime "devil's advocate" Jacques Verges has announced that he will lead a supporting team of twelve French attorneys defending former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the wake of an official request from one of Hussein's nephews. [read post]
19 Mar 2004, 3:48 am
Sunni and Shia marchers demonstrated against the Iraqi interim constitution in Baghdad Friday as the world marked the first anniversary of the Iraq war that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. [read post]
18 Mar 2004, 9:16 am
In testimony Thursday before a House subcommittee, the General Accounting Office estimated that in the years prior to its overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime raised more than $10.1 billion illegally through unauthorized oil sales, surcharges and kickbacks. [read post]
16 Mar 2004, 8:26 am
Kuwait's public prosecutor said Tuesday that his country would demand the death penalty for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in connection with crimes committed against Kuwait when it was invaded and occupied by Iraq in 1990 and 1991. [read post]
