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ONE OF SADDAM'S LAWYERS KIDNAPPED IN BAGHDAD (Just Breaking!)
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| 10/20/05
Posted on 10/20/2005 12:23:10 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Edited on 10/20/2005 1:08:08 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers has been kidnapped in Baghdad, it has been reported.
Saadoun Janabi was abducted by armed men a day after Saddam's trial for a 1982 massacre of Shi'ites got underway in the capital, sources told AFP news agency.
More follows...
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Update from Reuters:
Defence lawyer in Saddam trial kidnapped-police
Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:16 PM BST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A defence lawyer involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others has been kidnapped by gunmen, said police and Interior Ministry sources.
Police said initial reports identified the abducted lawyer as Saadoun Dulaimi. A legal source confirmed the kidnapped man was involved in the trial which started on Wednesday.
Reuters: Defence lawyer in Saddam trial kidnapped-police
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Update from BBC News World Edition:
Saddam trial lawyer taken hostage
October 20, 2005
Gunmen have kidnapped one of the lawyers involved in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Sadoun Nasouaf al-Janavi was taken from his office in eastern Baghdad.
He is acting for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, Awad Hamed al-Bandar. One report said seven other people were seized at the same time.
In a defiant appearance at his trial on Wednesday, Saddam Hussein pleaded not guilty to charges over the killing of 148 people in a Shia town in 1982.
He refused to confirm his identity, telling the presiding judge: "Who are you? What is all this?"
All eight defendants pleaded not guilty to charges of ordering the killing of 148 Shia men in 1982. If convicted, they could face the death penalty. The trial was adjourned until 28 November.
BBC News World Edition: Saddam trial lawyer taken hostage
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; iraq; janabi; saddamlawyer; saddamtrial
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To: areafiftyone
Now let's not go losing our heads over this.
2
posted on
10/20/2005 12:24:29 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: areafiftyone
Saddam ain't popular over there.
3
posted on
10/20/2005 12:24:40 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: areafiftyone
Is this going to start "Dueling Kidnappings"?
To: areafiftyone
Lets replace him with American lawyers like Dircheritz (sp?...WTF cares)
5
posted on
10/20/2005 12:24:51 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Dead people vote DemocRAT)
To: areafiftyone
6
posted on
10/20/2005 12:24:56 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: areafiftyone
He's a lawyer.... so you gotta have mixed feelings over this.....
7
posted on
10/20/2005 12:25:29 PM PDT
by
kjam22
To: wideawake
I guess Saddam does not like his lawyers.
8
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:10 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
To: All
To: lormand
I do cuz the stinking "insurgents" *choke* are trying to interfere with the trial. :/
10
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:22 PM PDT
by
publana
(yes, I checked the preview box without previewing)
To: areafiftyone
Sounds like the Shiites hitting the Fan.
11
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(Just because we are not perfect, does not mean we are not good.)
To: kjam22
Just sitting here eating my popcorn. LOL
12
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:26 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: lormand
I say we give Coulter a shot? (Coulter v Janet Reno)
13
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:30 PM PDT
by
HHKrepublican_2
(you cant spell liberal without an L an I and an E...If the first ammendment doesnt work, use the 2nd)
To: areafiftyone
An interesting publicity stunt! Gotta give Saddam credit! He still knows how to grandstand!
14
posted on
10/20/2005 12:26:42 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
To: areafiftyone
Mayebe the shiester lawyer Chuckie Shumer will vonunteer to take his place.
15
posted on
10/20/2005 12:27:12 PM PDT
by
Buffettfan
(http://www.swiftvets.com)
To: Semper Paratus
Is this going to start "Dueling Kidnappings"? I remember that episode!
16
posted on
10/20/2005 12:27:14 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: areafiftyone
What happened to Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend?
17
posted on
10/20/2005 12:27:15 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: HHKrepublican_2
I think Coulter would loose some of the appeal if you put her in a burka and tell her to try a case.
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:27:42 PM PDT
by
kjam22
To: areafiftyone
Didn't the lawyers for Saddam request more time? Seems like one way to get it.
On with the execution!
19
posted on
10/20/2005 12:27:44 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(The enemy in the United States is not the terrorist ... it is the Democrat Party)
To: everyone
Excellent. Maybe this will deter some of the other scum who are defending him.
To: areafiftyone
I'm confused. Is this bad news or good news?
21
posted on
10/20/2005 12:28:07 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: areafiftyone
kinda counterproductive, isn't it?
To: ncountylee
Maybe he'll step up,
lean in,
and take one for the team..
23
posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:10 PM PDT
by
wildehunt
(I told them they'd need horses...)
To: lormand
24
posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:16 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: tiredoflaundry
Maybe he had him kidnapped to delay his trial. Or extremist behead the guy . I think if the Iraqis had found Saddam, we wouldn't be going through this American Like Judical system. He would have suffered the same fate as his sons.
To: ncountylee
"What happened to Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend?" Exactly.
How about sending him as a replacement?
26
posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:26 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Dead people vote DemocRAT)
To: ncountylee
What happened to Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend? Saddam fired him which gives him a total of one good quality.
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:42 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: precedence
Guess its Saddam's way of postponing the trial even longer.
29
posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:42 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: areafiftyone
Wasn't one of the Guardian's (anti-war leftist fishwrap)kidnapped recently?? Now this.... maybe some Iraqis are simply tired of the terrorists' apologists and abettors??? Or maybe just some professional, nonpartisan enterprising thugs at work??
To: kjam22
Mixed feelings? Glee and schadenfreude, you mean?
31
posted on
10/20/2005 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("Stare decisis" means every bad decision a court ever made is perpetually binding)
To: areafiftyone
Further trial proceedings will now have to be relocated. Because the terrorists will now know where they are being held.
32
posted on
10/20/2005 12:31:01 PM PDT
by
PISANO
(We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
To: areafiftyone
Too bad Saadoun Janabi didn't spell his name R-A-M-S-E-Y C-L-A-R-K.
33
posted on
10/20/2005 12:31:06 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(David Kendall -- protecting the Clintons one lie at a time)
To: Buffettfan
Mayebe the shiester lawyer Chuckie Shumer will vonunteer to take his place.Great idea. Tell him he can get lots of press over there, and he'll trample people in his haste to go.
To: areafiftyone
Remembering "Wag The Dog" when Bubba was covering his arse.
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:31:15 PM PDT
by
neal1960
(This space for rent.)
To: areafiftyone
My hunch is that this is a self-directed (or Saddam directed) "kidnapping" to delay the bastard's date with the hangman....
To: airborne
I agree. This is a warning to witnesses...like...We can get to anyone. The attorney's probably sipping tea under a plam tree.
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:31:43 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: areafiftyone
Further trial proceedings will now have to be relocated. Because the terrorists will now know where they are being held.
38
posted on
10/20/2005 12:32:02 PM PDT
by
PISANO
(We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
To: trisham
Thanks.
Apologies to the patriotic Dershowitz's out there (assuming there are some).
39
posted on
10/20/2005 12:32:09 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Dead people vote DemocRAT)
To: ElkGroveDan
Now let's not go losing our heads over this. TOO LATE:
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:32:12 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: tiredoflaundry
Could also be a Saddam opponent who has a personal score to settle with this attorney.
I'm sure plenty of prominent Ba'athists have just "disappeared" in the same way that plenty of prominent Nazi collaborators disappeared in France after the liberation.
41
posted on
10/20/2005 12:32:22 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:33:28 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: areafiftyone
Doesn't make any sense. Doesn't stop anything.
Or... was it just a 'random' kidnapping of some guy off the street because he was wearing a good suit... ?
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:34:18 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Saddam fired him which gives him a total of one good quality. LOL!
44
posted on
10/20/2005 12:34:33 PM PDT
by
killjoy
(Real Men Love Bush)
To: areafiftyone
No chance it would be Ramsey Clark, whould there be?
45
posted on
10/20/2005 12:35:21 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Is there anything that I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?" Adrian Monk)
To: NonValueAdded
No such luck. It's the one and only Saadoun Janabi! (whoever that is)
46
posted on
10/20/2005 12:36:10 PM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: wideawake
It would not surprise me one bit.
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posted on
10/20/2005 12:36:40 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
To: areafiftyone
This will delay the trial past the November 28th date, which could be bad.
To: ncountylee
What happened to Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend?Maybe a jealous (jilted) Ramsey arranged the kidnapping?
49
posted on
10/20/2005 12:37:35 PM PDT
by
Stultis
To: areafiftyone
Keep the trial going. Saddam can afford another liar, er lawyer...well, same difference.
50
posted on
10/20/2005 12:38:16 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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