Scrap Saddam court - defence
2005-11-09 19:45
Baghdad - Lawyers representing Iraqi ex-president Saddam Hussein asked on Wednesday for the Iraqi special tribunal to be declared null and void and to "free" Saddam, after a defence lawyer was murdered on Tuesday in Baghdad.
The defence team appealed to the international community, the UN security council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan to "declare null and void the Iraqi tribunal" in which Saddam and seven former henchmen are being tried.
The team's statement said the court "has no reason for being and has no judicial or legal basis".
It also called for pressure to "free president Saddam Hussein and (the members of his) legitimate leadership so that they may regain the ability to exercise their constitutional rights."
- AFP