Saddam in court soon
2005-05-31 16:44
Baghdad - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday said he believed the trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for alleged crimes against humanity would begin within two months, in an interview with CNN.
When asked by interviewer Wolf Blitzer when a trial for Saddam might begin, Talabani replied: "Within two months I think."
"The Iraqi government is now doing its best to prepare the ground for a court which will be able to decide ... about Saddam Hussein's future," Talabani told CNN's world report conference by videolink.
Talabani added that there was a strong public desire for him to be executed if convicted.
- AFP