THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE IGNOBLE COURT

On the 27^th of July 2006, the curtain was let down on the session that the presiding judge has decided to be the last in the Dujail case.

The Court continued to adopt the same methods which were witnessed by the whole world throughout its past proceedings:

1-     Mr.Taha Yassin Ramadan and Mr.Awwad Hamad Al-Bandar were forced to attend despite that they were on a hunger strike and although they insisted on leaving the chamber protesting the process of preventing their chosen defense from attending as a result of the Court's refusal to respond to the lawyer's requests.

2-     The Court continued its policy of imposing the employees of its Defense Office to read out statements that were prepared by Bill Wiley - an advisor in the Defense Office who is directly instructed by the American occupier - It was observed by all that these statements were another attempt to convict our clients and they were consistent with the Prosecutions' request (to incriminate the clients).  This was evident in the statement's phrasing and terminology which were utterly unfamiliar for us.

3-     The Court continued to pursue its same conduct of interrupting our clients and refusing to hear them.  It even insulted Mr.Awwad Al-Bandar, despite the fact that he is an ex-judge and should receive the respect of all, especially those who are members of a judicial system.

4-     Mr.Taha Yassin Ramadan insisted on his demand that the defense lawyers of his choosing should be permitted to attend, especially those who were removed out of the courtroom and that they should be provided with adequate security after two of them were assassinated.  He insisted also that he has no connection to the events of the Dujail case in principle or in any of its details.

5-     The presiding judge continued to express his bias against the clients.  He deterred them in illegal expressions which violate the well established norms of judiciary in dealing with the clients and their lawyers.

The Defense Committee urges all those who are concerned to pursue their efforts in an attempt to halt the outcome of this show-trial which will pronounce its judgment on the 16^th of October 2006.  Pressure should be put on the decision maker who controls Iraq and the Iraqis, in particular because the minimum requirements of a fair trial were lacking during the whole phases of the so-called Dujail case.

ISNAD                                            The Defense Committee

28^th of July 2006                               for President Saddam Hussein

P.O. Box 841073 Amman, 11181 Jordan

Phone ; 00962(06)5166679 & Fax : 00962(06)5166679

Email : isnad@wanadoo.jo

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السبت 4 رجب 1427 / 29 تموز 2006

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