"Another Lawyer in Saddam Trial Gunned Down"

[GreenPartyVoter]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Three gunmen in a speeding car killed a defense lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial and wounded another Tuesday, raising doubts whether Iraqis can conduct such a sensitive prosecution in the midst of insurgency and domestic turmoil.

The assassination of Adel al-Zubeidi, who was representing former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, in a predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad was the second attack targeting the defense team since the trial began less than a month ago.

Saddam's main lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, blamed the Shiite-dominated government for Tuesday's attack, telling Al-Jazeera television that the shooting was carried by "an armed group using government vehicles."

"The aim of these organized attacks is to scare Arab and foreign lawyers," al-Dulaimi said. "We call upon the international community, especially the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to send an investigative committee because the situation is unbearable."

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20051108/D8DODL5O0.html?PG=home&SEC=news

[Burning Water]

1. Damn

George Bush!!

[ecstatic]

2. we need to learn more

Are these lawyers uncovering information that might damage and/or implicate GWB and his father for their role in the crimes?

[Old and In the Way]

3. Another reason why this needs to be moved out of Iraq to the Hague.

Saddam deserves his day in court...if we can't give him due process, how can we claim to be supporters of democracy and rule of law?