 KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait announced on Wednesday it has completed indictments against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his top aides for war crimes committed during Iraq's 1990-1991 occupation of the emirate. In a statement carried by the KUNA news agency, public prosecutor Hamed al-Othman said the indictments were against Saddam Hussein, eight of his top aides and 293 senior officials of the former regime. The list includes Saddam's representative in Kuwait during the occupation, Ali Hassan al-Majid, former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and others. | Making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty and.....just pure evil |
They are charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes and the use of armed force to invade Kuwait, the statement said. Saddam, whom the US-led coalition captured in December 2003, ordered his army to invade Kuwait on August 2, 1990, occupying it for seven months before being driven out by a US-led multinational coalition. | Kind of hard for his lawyers to argue he didn't have anything to do it. But, I'm sure they'll try. |
The indictments, prepared by a specialized committee formed 10 years ago, have been referred to the foreign ministry as a prelude to forwarding them to the Iraqi Special Tribunal which will try former regime officials. Kuwait has sought assistance from United Nations expert on war crimes, Sharif Basyouni, to help prepare the indictments. |