BAGHDAD/CAIRO - Saddamâs half brother Barzan Al Tikriti and his cousin Ali Hassan Al Majid (âChemical Aliâ) have made statements incriminating the former dictator during preparations for the trial against him and former aides, the examining judge said, according to the al-Sharq al-Awsat on Monday. | I knew the rats would start pointing fingers at each other, trying to save their own necks. Not that it's gonna save these two. |
The former Iraqi foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, had also incriminated Saddam in a statement, the magistrate Raed Jouhi told the Arab daily in an interview. | He might just be able to stay alive if he cooperates |
| I'd let him think that now and every day, right up to the morning of his execution. "Say Tariq, you know the sounds of carpentry outside your cell last night? Guess what?" |
Al Majid, who is charged with a chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabjah, said during a hearing that he had done nothing âwithout an order from Saddam Hussein himselfâ. The trials against functionaries in Saddamâs regime would begin within a month, Jouhi said. Jouhi stressed that Saddam has denied several accusations against him and had not been forced to make any confessions during interrogation. âHe has not been put under pressure from any side,â he added. The former Iraqi president is in US custody although he is officially a prisoner of the Iraqi justice system. |