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Rictor · 12-28-2003, 04:25 PM

Lawyers queue to defend Saddam
From correspondents in Amman
28dec03

MORE than 600 lawyers have signed up to defend captive Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the head of Jordan's Bar Association told the Jordan Times newspaper on Sunday.

Hussein Mjalli said the volunteers had signed up at the association's offices in Amman and that by late Friday 600 lawyers indicated their readiness to be part of a defence team for the former president of Iraq.
"The intention is to form a higher committee for the defence of Saddam, one which will include legal experts from all over the world," Mjalli said.

The general secretariat of the Arab Lawyers' Union was meanwhile due to meet Sunday in Cairo to discuss plans for setting up the defence team, he added.

Earlier this month the Jordanian association sent letters to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Arab League chief Amr Mussa urging them to ensure that Saddam would be handed to a neutral country or the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The barristers have argued that Saddam should not be put on trial because "a head of state is immune from prosecution" and that in any case he should be protected from retribution by the United States.

US troops captured Saddam in northern Iraq on December 13.

Since then both the Jordanian association and the Cairo-based Arab Bar Association have insisted that Saddam receive a fair trial before an Iraqi court supervised by Arab and international human rights organizations.

Members of Iraq's US-appointed interim Governing Council say Saddam must be judged by an Iraqi tribunal inside Iraq, a view shared by Paul Bremer, the US civil administrator in Iraq.

directfiesta · 12-28-2003, 04:30 PM

Is Cochrane one of them...

Vitasoy · 12-28-2003, 04:30 PM

1 by 1

Ic3m4nZ · 12-28-2003, 04:31 PM

Theo · 12-28-2003, 04:38 PM

a lawyer can't have better publicity than this

WiredGuy · 12-28-2003, 07:53 PM

I'm curious to know if any of those 600 are from coalition forces (american, canadian, british, etc...)

WG

nathan_f · 12-28-2003, 07:54 PM

Great way to make a name for yourself, also a great way to make yourself a target

MetaformX · 12-28-2003, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by nathan_f
Great way to make a name for yourself, also a great way to make yourself a target

yeah, good way to get pubilicity....This is gonna turn into such a crapshoot

broke · 12-28-2003, 07:59 PM

600 sand ******s jumping at the chance to defend a sand ******...

who would have thunk it.

smproduction · 12-29-2003, 02:00 AM

It is always a business....Maybe one of these lawyer will show in office a picture of Saddam saying "I've been defended by you!"

Roger · 12-29-2003, 02:08 AM

If I was a lawyer, I'd do it. Imagine the publicity and the $$$

Rictor · 12-29-2003, 02:45 AM

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Originally posted by Roger
If I was a lawyer, I'd do it. Imagine the publicity and the $$$

Fuck that, I'd want to be the prosecutor.

JDog · 12-29-2003, 02:49 AM

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Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
a lawyer can't have better publicity than this

Yea a lot more with this trial than with OJ!

jDoG

JDog · 12-29-2003, 02:51 AM

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Originally posted by WiredGuy
I'm curious to know if any of those 600 are from coalition forces (american, canadian, british, etc...)

WG

Well it said all around the world! But that would suck if a member of the coalition forces is on that list!

jDoG

richard123 · 12-29-2003, 03:27 AM

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Originally posted by Ic3m4nZ

I'd rather see a picture of the people who care

TrueBucks · 12-29-2003, 03:42 AM

You maybe think that all US aggressions against Islam will cause no revenge? Or you maybe think that your government fights for democracy? I think that just oil affects these foolish wars.

12-28-2003, 04:25 PM	#1
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	600 lawyers line up to defend Saddam Lawyers queue to defend Saddam From correspondents in Amman 28dec03 MORE than 600 lawyers have signed up to defend captive Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the head of Jordan's Bar Association told the Jordan Times newspaper on Sunday. Hussein Mjalli said the volunteers had signed up at the association's offices in Amman and that by late Friday 600 lawyers indicated their readiness to be part of a defence team for the former president of Iraq. "The intention is to form a higher committee for the defence of Saddam, one which will include legal experts from all over the world," Mjalli said. The general secretariat of the Arab Lawyers' Union was meanwhile due to meet Sunday in Cairo to discuss plans for setting up the defence team, he added. Earlier this month the Jordanian association sent letters to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Arab League chief Amr Mussa urging them to ensure that Saddam would be handed to a neutral country or the International Committee of the Red Cross. The barristers have argued that Saddam should not be put on trial because "a head of state is immune from prosecution" and that in any case he should be protected from retribution by the United States. US troops captured Saddam in northern Iraq on December 13. Since then both the Jordanian association and the Cairo-based Arab Bar Association have insisted that Saddam receive a fair trial before an Iraqi court supervised by Arab and international human rights organizations. Members of Iraq's US-appointed interim Governing Council say Saddam must be judged by an Iraqi tribunal inside Iraq, a view shared by Paul Bremer, the US civil administrator in Iraq.

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