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2004-06-30 Iraq-Jordan

Saddam Lawyer Says Trial Mockery of Justice

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Posted by Zenster 2004-06-30 4:29:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yer Honor,

I ask that my client be released on bail. He has strong ties to the community and is a highly respected tyrant...er...businessman.

Posted by dreadnought 2004-06-30 4:34:58 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:34:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I expect Saddam will get a fair trial and I am sure with a proper defense. Heck the whole world will be watching and the Iraqi people are no fools.

But just because he gets a fair trial is no reason not to hang him. Actually the point of the trial is to document the reason for hanging him.

Could it be that terms of employment for him and his 19 buddies is no pay if Saddam gets the high jump? Or does he fancy himself as sort of a Johnny Cocran with Camel?

Regarding slaughter of lawyers, I withold comment....

Posted by Michael 2004-06-30 4:38:41 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:38:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think that Sadaam's guilt is in doubt - taping all the regime torture was certainly not a good idea - but his punishment is definitely in doubt. I'm sure the UN, France and the WWP will all attempt to browbeat and threaten the Iraqi people with ostracization if they execute him. Whatever the court decides, I recommend the full Kevlar suit option for prudent citizens that venture outside for a month or two after the verdict.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-06-30 4:46:52 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:46:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mais ou se trouve l'avocat francais? L'un qui defend toujours les terroristes?

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-30 4:52:50 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:52:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Do they want to slaughter all the lawyers?" No just the really bad ones.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-30 4:54:40 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:54:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "It's a travesty, a sham, and a mockery. It's a traveshammockery!"

Posted by Raj 2004-06-30 4:55:04 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-06-30 4:55:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It's times like this that bring to mind the old saying:

"Shot and hung after torture ... then drawn and quartered."

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-30 4:55:11 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:55:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 A fair trial, followed by a first-class hanging.

Posted by mojo 2004-06-30 4:56:19 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:56:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 It's a traveshammockery!

Paging Lewis Carroll ... Please call your office.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-30 4:57:25 PM|| 2004-06-30 4:57:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Saddam Lawyer Says Trial Mockery of Justice

What then, would one call all the executions, tortures, and gassing that occurred under Saddam's rule?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-30 5:03:15 PM|| 2004-06-30 5:03:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The trial may well be a mockery of procedure and legality, in that the outcome will be known before it starts.

That's not to say the subsequent hanging won't be justice. "Law" and "justice" are not always synonyms.

Posted by Mike 2004-06-30 5:12:03 PM|| 2004-06-30 5:12:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Remember, justice is getting what you deserve. If he deserves to be found guilty, then by definition he has had a fair trial. Then hang his sorry ass!

Posted by Spot 2004-06-30 5:19:44 PM|| 2004-06-30 5:19:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Butterfickle!

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-30 5:34:42 PM|| 2004-06-30 5:34:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The lawyer better stick to defending his client. Making these BS statements ought to get him on the dock, too.

"Are you defending Saddam, or are you joining him, sir?"

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-30 5:43:14 PM|| 2004-06-30 5:43:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 A fair trial? From a society which believes that a fair trial is a sharp sword?

Or does he mean fair trial as in "Free Saddam" signs at every peacenik rally going forwards?

Posted by Brutus 2004-06-30 6:10:03 PM|| 2004-06-30 6:10:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 #4 Jules 187, you mean Jacques VergÃ¨s? IIRC, he proposed himself, but one of Saddam's daughters rejected him (must be humiliating when you're not good enough for defending Saddam...). I think he will represent Tarek Haziz.

Posted by Anonymous5089 2004-06-30 6:52:50 PM|| 2004-06-30 6:52:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Do they want to slaughter all the lawyers?
Just the ones we don't like...Maybe we can get the ACLU to go over there?

Some Arabs still see him as a nationalist hero who stood up to U.S. military might.
You mean the murders crooks and the ones who oppress with fear right?

Just fucking shoot them all, as soon as they get out of there cars shoot Saddam and the parasites that are defending him and just get it over with. No drawn out trial no leftist sympathy that I am sure Dan Blather will spew...Come to think of it, maybe Dan Blather can be part of the machine gun spray that I am hoping is awaiting Saddam.

Posted by Long Hair Republican 2004-06-30 10:43:08 PM|| 2004-06-30 10:43:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 "They are afraid of a bringing out the truth because a fair trial would be an indictment of (President) Bush. He has to first prove whether his entry into Iraq was legal or not," Rashdan said.

There was no formal treaty closing hostilties, merely a ceasefire that Saddam constantly violated. On top of that, the Kuwaiti claims were never settled. Thus, this was a legal resumption of military action.

Posted by Ptah 2004-06-30 11:07:07 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-06-30 11:07:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 "Your Honor, my client has been called a dictator and a butcher and a rapist by news organizations within the wonderful country he once ruled! No mention of the baby ducks he used to raise! Why, he's being tried by the people who replaced him after he had his ass kicked by the Marines! They want to make him face those he ruled! This cannot possibly be fair!"

Posted by The Doctor 2004-06-30 11:13:51 PM|| 2004-06-30 11:13:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 An Open Lettedr to Sadaam's Lawers

You are perhaps the lowest of the low as far as legal attorneys go. You know full well that there will be elections long before you ever get to try this case, and you also know that this man was worse than Hitler. You are using public sentiment, especially in Iraq to get a change of venue. Those who print your drivel are either devoid of intelligence or as corrupt as you are. I have many people praying against any success and hope that all of his Swiss funds are frozen and that you won't receive one dime of the blood money Sadaam received from the European Corruption (France and Germany) nor from the blood of the Iraqi people. Those Iraqis who suffered these last ten years....who cooperated with Desert Storm, are proof that the average person in that country wanted our help and that it is any countries legal right to interfere when there is a threat to their own security. You are the scum of the earth...worse than Sadaa,. The soldiers who found him should have put a bullet in his brain....the money in that Swiss account belongs to the Iraqi people, not to you bloodsuckers

Disgusted

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