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Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Tue Nov 08, 2005 at 09:56:08 AM EST
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A second lawyer for a co-defendant of Saddam Hussein has been shot and killed. I realize that lawyers are not the most popular people in our society, but still, this should be attracting more attention.

Adil Muhammed al-Zubaidi was killed when three gunmen in a red Opel shot at the car he was driving in Baghdad. His passenger, another of the lawyers involved in the trial, was hurt.He had represented ex-Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, one of Saddam's longtime aides, in the Dujail case -- the first trial of alleged crimes against humanity by the former regime. It was not immediately clear whom the injured attorney, Thamer Hamoud Hadi al-Khuzai, was representing in the case.

Why aren't these lawyers being provided with security guards? Apparently, Sadoon Janabi, the lawyer who was gunned down on October 20, had refused protection. It should be mandatory.

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    Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed | 5 comments (5 topical)
    Re: Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:49 PM EST
    "Why aren't these lawyers being provided with security guards?" For the same reason this monkey trial is taking place in a war zone.

    Re: Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:49 PM EST
    Obviously they're being softened up by the US before the trial.

    Re: Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed (none / 0) (#3)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:50 PM EST
    Nor can they get the witnesses to show up. May I make a suggestion? Change the venue. I suggest the Hague.

    Re: Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed (none / 0) (#4)
    by Andreas on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:50 PM EST
    Neither the regime in Bagdad nor the regime in Washington have any real interest in protecting those lawyers. Calling for "mandatory" protection by those regimes therefore only helps those regimes and not the lawyers.

    Re: Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:50 PM EST
    Let me suggest another question. If we've been so successful in Iraq, why should these lawyers need a security detail? Can people not go to work in Iraq without fear of death?

    Second Lawyer for Saddam Co-Defendant Killed | 5 comments (5 topical)