Saddam might not be first
2004-06-29 20:26
Washington - Saddam Hussein could be tried after other members of his ousted
regime, Iraq's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday.
"I have always believed that the sooner Saddam Hussein was
brought in the courtroom, the better for Iraq, Rand Rahim said.
"We're approaching that trial," she said at a conference called
at a conservative Washington think-tank, the American Enterprise
Institute.
"It could happen in the coming weeks.
"It might start with the trials of lesser persons, like Ali
Hassan al-Majid," dubbed Chemical Ali.
She called the trials "a cleansing, reconciliation process" and
"a kind of reverse trauma the Iraqis need to go through".
"It's an important part of working out their legacy."
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday Saddam and 11 others, whom he did not name, will
be tried in a special court to be set up in December.
- SAPA