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Iraq
Sick Saddam taken to hospital
2006-07-23
IRAQ'S ousted president Saddam Hussein was admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of his hunger-strike, chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Musawi said.

The detained leader, who stopped eating 16 days ago, is too ill to attend the next session of his trial. "Saddam Hussein has just been admitted to hospital because of his hunger strike. A medical report has established that he cannot appear tomorrow, because his condition needs medical attention," Mr al-Musawi said.

Saddam's chief defence lawyer accused US military authorities of force-feeding the toppled leader to make him end his 16-day strike. "The US military are force feeding the president to break his will and end his hunger strike to protest against the trial and its illegality," Khalil Dulaimi said.
Damned straight. We want him nice and plump for the hanging.
He and three of his co-defendants have been refusing food since July 7, and last week the defence warned that their health was deteriorating.

A spokesman for his US jailers, Lieutenant Colonel Keir Kevin Curry, said on July 13 the men had been refusing some meals but later said they were all in good health while getting extra medical attention. The three aides striking with Saddam are his former secret police chief and half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti, ex-vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and head of the former revolutionary court Awad al-Bandar. It was Bandar's court which condemned the 148 villagers to death for the failed attack against Saddam.
Let's strike a deal: al-Bandar can starve himself to death and we won't intervene. The rest get feeding tubes. Everybody plays, everybody wins.
The hunger-strikers are protesting at the murders of three defence lawyers since the start of the trial in October last year, the first prosecution of the former Iraqi leader since he was ousted by a US-led invasion in April 2003. They are also protesting at the way the trial is being carried out by the Iraqi court and demanding what they call a fair tribunal.
Posted by:Oztralian

#7  Doritos withdrawal.
Posted by: ed   2006-07-23 23:58  

#6  Iblis,

Death by starvation is long and painful. Much longer and much more painful than hanging. Just ask Bobby Sands. Oh, wait. You can't. He's dead.

Of course, I can't see Saddam actually starving himself to death.
Posted by: Rambler   2006-07-23 21:52  

#5  "Nurse Ratched, there's a patient for you in room 7."
Posted by: GK   2006-07-23 21:39  

#4  Saddam's chief defence lawyer accused US military authorities of force-feeding the toppled leader to make him end his 16-day strike.

Damned if you let them fast, damned if you force feed them. I guess that only leaves the option of complying with their demands.
Posted by: gorb   2006-07-23 19:44  

#3  Saddam's chief defence lawyer accused US military authorities of force-feeding the toppled leader to make him end his 16-day strike.
Posted by: gorb   2006-07-23 19:42  

#2  The detained leader..

Ahem, ex-leader surely? And hopefuly soon to resembling a certain Norwegian blue parrot...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2006-07-23 19:38  

#1  Part of me thinks the war in Iraq must forever be a failure if Saddam dies of natural causes.
Posted by: Iblis   2006-07-23 19:34  

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