http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iraqijustice/ en-us Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:10:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088249/posts First his two sons were murdered. Now he faces prosecution. The reason for Mithal al-Alusi's troubles? Visiting Israel and advocating peace with the Jewish state - something Iraq's leaders refuse to consider. The Iraqi is at the center of a political storm after his fellow lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to strip him of his immunity and allow his prosecution for visiting Israel - a crime punishable by death under a 1950s-era law. Such a fate is unlikely for al-Alusi, though he may lose his party's sole seat in parliament. Because he had visited Israel, many Iraqis assume the maverick legislator was... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088249/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:10:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081773/posts Iraq: Detainee death cases headed to trial Two soldiers await courts-martial for alleged roles in murder plot Two junior-ranking soldiers will face courts-martial for their role in an alleged conspiracy to murder four Iraqi detainees in April 2007, the 7th U.S. Army Joint Multinational Training Command announced late Friday. Charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder against Spc. Belmor Ramos, 23, and Spc. Steven Ribordy, 25, were referred to general courts-martial on Monday by Brig. Gen. David R. Hogg, JMTC commander. Both soldiers were members of 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment at the time of the incident. The unit has... Stars & Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081773/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075772/posts Sandblasting has restored the exterior of Courthouse 1 and the connecting colonnade to Courthouse 2 on the Anbar Judicial Complex in Ramadi. Photo by USACE. BAGHDAD — The $21.5 million renovation and new construction at the Anbar Judicial Complex in the provincial capital of Ramadi is under way by the Gulf Region Division on palace sites of the Saddam Hussein family.  Courtrooms and judges’ chambers will be located in palace buildings formerly used by Saddam and his infamous sons, Uday and Qusay, at the so-called “Hurricane Point” on the Euphrates River.  Ramadi is one of several Sunni-majority towns along the... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075772/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018835/posts BAGHDAD - Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants, accused the Shiite-led government of seeking revenge during a trial Tuesday over the executions of dozens of Baghdad merchants in 1992. Aziz told an Iraqi court, which resumed hearing the case against him and seven co-defendants, that he was proud of being a member of Saddam's Sunni-dominated Baath party and serving under the former dictator. But chief prosecutor Adnan Ali said Aziz and his co-defendants, who include Saddam's ailing cousin known as "Chemical Ali," were responsible for the merchants' deaths and urged the court "to issue the suitable punishment that... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018835/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 20:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017893/posts A leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been sentenced to death for the killing of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. The archbishop of the northern city of Mosul was kidnapped in February by gunmen who attacked his car, killing his driver and two bodyguards. His body was found in a shallow grave two weeks later. The Iraqi government said the criminal court had imposed the death sentence on Ahmed Ali Ahmed, known as Abu Omar. The US embassy in Baghdad welcomed the verdict. Who are the Chaldeans? "Reiterating our condolences to the archbishop's family and community, we commend... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017893/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 02:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008479/posts Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due on trial over the deaths of a group of merchants in 1992. Mr Aziz, along with seven other former members of Saddam Hussein's regime, are accused of involvement in the execution of about 40 merchants in Baghdad. The merchants were accused of hiking food prices at a time when Iraq was under international sanctions. They were executed after a speedy trial. Mr Aziz's son, Ziad, has said that his father is innocent. "My father told me personally that he had nothing to do with this case. At the time, my father... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008479/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006049/posts Saddam Hussein's ally Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri 'captured' in Iraq By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 12:57am BST 24/04/2008 American forces have captured Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party heir, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted former regime official still at large, it has been reported. A Middle Eastern television channel said Douri, a key force in the country's devastating insurgency, had been seized in a mountain raid in Saddam's home province of Salahaddin. Most wanted: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Douri was King of Clubs in the deck of cards of most wanted Iraqis issued to American soldiers after the war. But... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006049/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:27:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978624/posts Iraq approves 'Chemical Ali' hanging   Iraq’s presidency council has cleared the way for the long-delayed execution of Saddam Hussein’s cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as “Chemical Ali,” to be carried out…The execution of Majeed, once one of the most feared men in Iraq, and two others for the genocidal Anfal campaign against Iraq’s Kurds in the 1980s has been delayed for months by a legal wrangle over who has the authority to green light the hangings… No date has been set for the execution to be carried out, they said.   The council source said no decision had been made regarding... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978624/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 03:21:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978133/posts The long-delayed execution of "Chemical Ali", Saddam Hussein's cousin and one of his most notorious henchmen, has been approved, an Iraqi government adviser said. Ali Hassan al-Majid known as Chemical Ali Chemical Ali - whose real name is Ali Hassan al-Majid - was one of three former Saddam officials sentenced to death in June after being convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their part in the 1988 Anfal campaign that killed nearly 200,000 Kurds. An appeals court upheld the verdict in September. Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978133/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945855/posts Security forces in Iraq have been placed on alert on the first anniversary of the execution of former President Saddam Hussein. His supporters are expected to gather at his power base in the city of Tikrit, and at his grave nearby. Saddam was hanged after being convicted of the killings of nearly 150 Shia Muslims in Dujail in the 1980s. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945855/posts#comment Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:15:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911747/posts BAGHDAD — Ali Hassan Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali," is set to be executed on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of up to 180,000 Kurds, an Iraqi judge said Monday.Munir Hadad, a senior judge of the Supreme Criminal Court, said the execution could take place anytime after 5:00 a.m. local time. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911747/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898773/posts BAGHDAD (AFP) — US security firm Blackwater could be tried in an Iraqi court over a shootout in a Baghdad neighbourhood which killed eight people, a top judge told AFP on Tuesday. "This company is subject to Iraqi law and the crime committed was on Iraqi territory and the Iraqi judiciary is responsible for tackling the case," said Abdul Sattar Ghafour Bairaqdar from Iraq's Supreme Judiciary Council, the country's highest court. On Monday, Iraq's interior ministry ordered the cancellation of Blackwater's operating licence after the company's guards who were escorting US officials were involved in a shootout which killed eight... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898773/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:28:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893100/posts Baghdad, Sept 7, (VOI) – Three of the six defendants in the Anfal case will be executed by hanging on Saturday, a Saudi newspaper quoted the lawyer of former Iraqi deputy premier Tareq Aziz as saying. "The Iraqi Criminal Court notified Ali Hassan al-Majid, alias Chemical Ali, former defense minister Sultan Hashim and former chief of staff Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti that they will be executed tomorrow," lawyer Badie Aref Ezzat told Saudi newspaper al-Watan, published on Friday. The lawyer said he was told by the three convicts that they only wanted to meet their families before the executions. Ezzat said... Baghdad-Voices of Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893100/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 15:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890861/posts Three members of the former Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein -- including the man known as "Chemical Ali" -- will be executed within 30 days, senior appellate Judge Munir Haddad said Tuesday. The appellate chamber upheld their sentences of death by hanging, which were imposed in June. The three defendants are Hussein's first cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, nicknamed "Chemical Ali;" Sultan Hashem Ahmed, military commander of the Anfal campaign; and Hussein Rashid Mohammed, deputy general commander of the Iraqi armed force, assistant chief of staff for military operations, and former Republican Guard commander. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890861/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885836/posts A WITNESS overnight accused "Chemical Ali", Saddam Hussein's most notorious hatchet man, of killing her sons by throwing them out of a helicopter during the crushing of an Iraqi Shiite rebellion. Laila Kathum, testifying in the trial of 15 Saddam aides accused of crimes against humanity over the repression of the 1991 rebellion in southern Iraq, vented her fury against Ali Hassan al-Majid, widely known as "Chemical Ali". Speaking from behind a curtain, Ms Kathum accused Saddam's army of arresting her relatives and said Majid himself had killed her two sons. "The army detained my two sons, my brother and... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885836/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687850/posts OUSTED Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein defiantly refused to enter a plea yesterday at the start of his trial on charges of genocide over a brutal crackdown against Kurds that allegedly left 182000 people dead. Grey-bearded and wearing a dark business suit, Saddam sat fuming in the Iraqi High Tribunal along with six co-defendants, accused of leading the savage eight-month Anfal campaign in 1988 against Iraq’s Kurdish minority. In a rowdy first hearing, the furious 69-year-old said he was “President of the Republic of Iraq”, clashed angrily with the prosecutor over rape claims and shouted at the judge after two of... dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687850/posts#comment Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687438/posts 21 August 2006 BAGHDAD - A furious Saddam Hussein warned he would ‘hunt down’ his prosecutor on Monday after being accused over the alleged mass rape of Iraqi Kurdish women during a brutal crackdown on their region. ‘If he says that a Iraqi woman was raped in my era and if he does not prove it, I will hunt him for the rest of my life,’ thundered the ousted Iraqi leader on the first day of his trial on genocide charges. ‘An Iraqi woman raped in my era? The reign of Saddam Hussein? Saddam will not accept it. If I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687438/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687283/posts Max Becherer/Polaris, for The New York Times A cemetery in Sewsenan, a Kurdish village in northern Iraq, holds the remains of nearly 70 people killed in a chemical attack by Saddam Hussein’s military forces on March 22, 1988. SEWSENAN, Iraq, Aug. 18 — When death came to this village, it had a sweet smell, like perfume. “People wanted to inhale it,” Robitan Hama Amin said. So went Mr. Amin’s memory of the first encounter between the Kurds of this mountain redoubt and Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons. The attack came at dinnertime on March 22, 1988. Mr. Amin had just... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687283/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687148/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq - A new legal chapter opens Monday for Saddam Hussein when the ousted Iraqi leader goes on trial for a second time, charged with genocide and war crimes from his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago. The case against Saddam and six co-defendants is tied to the deaths of tens of thousands of people during the Iraqi army's "Operation Anfal" — Arabic for "spoils of war" — and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. The 1987-88 crackdown was aimed at crushing independence-minded Kurdish militias and clearing all Kurds from the northern region along the border with... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687148/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687097/posts BAGHDAD • Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein will return to the dock today to face genocide charges in a highly-charged case that has revived bitter memories among the country's Kurdish minority. The imprisoned strongman has been exercising and eating well in preparation for his appointment with the Iraqi High Tribunal, according to US officials, but he is not alone in awaiting the day with keen anticipation. "I am waiting patiently to see him in court so that I can quench my thirst to see him humiliated," said Kurdish villager Abdullah Mohammed, who blames Saddam for the killing of his three... The Peninsula http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687097/posts#comment Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672406/posts Saddam Hussein, weak from a hunger strike, said today that he has been forced to attend his trial for crimes against humanity and that he would prefer to be shot than hung if found guilty. The defence team for the former leader and seven co-accused boycotted the latest session in a controversial trial which is approaching its conclusion. Saddam (69) had been fed through a tube in a hunger strike to protest against what he sees as an unfair trial. The man who ruled Iraq with an iron fist said he would rather face a firing squad than death by... SABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672406/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656808/posts To carry out Saddam Hussein will poke violence, according to Ramsey Clark WASHINGTON - To carry out Saddam Hussein would do nothing but poke religious violences in Iraq, declared Tuesday Ramsey Clark. This former American minister for justice is currently member of the lawyer collective of the deposed Iraqi president. "This execution would ignite a country which burns already", it has says at the time of a press conference. "I hope that the American people will realize that time always has just required the end of the executions, and it is the case here." The prosecutors of the High... AFP via Babelfish translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656808/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:10:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632082/posts THE former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has resigned himself to being sent to the gallows. “I am ready to die,” he told his lawyer and confidante in an interview in his Baghdad prison. “I am not scared of execution.” Saddam is expected to return to court tomorrow for the resumption of a chaotic trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that has lasted almost seven months. “I do not attend this trial to spare my life,” he said. “I attend it to defend Iraq.” Saddam, who refuses all visits from his family, was talking to Bushra Khalil, a... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632082/posts#comment Sun, 14 May 2006 17:09:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631818/posts Tyrant tells all to woman lawyer THE former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has resigned himself to being sent to the gallows. “I am ready to die,” he told his lawyer and confidante in an interview in his Baghdad prison. “I am not scared of execution.” Saddam is expected to return to court tomorrow for the resumption of a chaotic trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity that has lasted almost seven months. “I do not attend this trial to spare my life,” he said. “I attend it to defend Iraq.” Saddam, who refuses all visits from his family,... The Sunday Times (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631818/posts#comment Sun, 14 May 2006 00:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1602712/posts POLL: What sentence should Saddam Hussein receive if he's convicted? Life in prison 53 votes (11%) The death penalty 400 votes (85%) Not sure 19 votes (4%) forums.macon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1602712/posts#comment Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:04:01 GMT