Saddam to stand trial in Iraq
from
BBC
bq. Saddam Hussein will be tried in a special Iraqi court, the head of Iraq's Governing Council has confirmed.
bq. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim said international monitors could observe the trial, which would take global legal standards into account.
bq. He did not say whether the former Iraqi president, captured at the weekend, would face the death penalty.
bq. Earlier, another member of the council said Saddam Hussein was being held in the Baghdad area.
Excellent news - he needs to be tried by the people he opressed for so long and they need to get closure on his reign of terror...
Posted by DaveH at December 17, 2003 12:07 PM