BAGHDAD, Iraq - War crimes trials against Iraq (news - web sites)'s former Baath Party leaders will begin next week, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday. He didn't say whether Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) would be among them.
Many members of Iraq's former regime have been in jail for more than a year, and few have been able to meet with counsel so far. Saddam's Jordan-based lawyers say they have not seen the former dictator, arrested a year ago Monday.
Officials had given conflicting accounts about when the trials would begin. They have also said that Saddam might not be the first to be tried.
"I can now tell you clearly and precisely that, God willing, next week the trials of the symbols of the former regime will start, one by one so that justice can take its path in Iraq," Allawi said, without specifying who would be tried.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_trialsYeah, right? :eyes:
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