Amman - Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has been subjected to "physical and moral torture" by the occupying forces, his lawyer alleged on Tuesday.
"We have received a confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Crescent (ICRC) that the former Iraqi president was subjected to physical and moral torture on January 21, 2004 and that he suffered wounds as a result," Mohammad Rashdan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
He revealed that the ICRC's move to press for Saddam's release or trial after the handover of sovereignty to Iraqis on June 30 came after an "acrimonious meeting the defence panel held with head of the ICRC office in Amman on June 9".
He said that about 1 500 Arab lawyers, including 700 hundred from Jordan, had so far volunteered to defend the former Iraqi leader. - Sapa-dpa
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