[casi] You heard it first from me: Saddam trial not to be public - IGC

["Tom Young" <tombo_combo@DELETETHISlycos.com>]

In fairly rambling post yesterday I suggested that it was unlikely that the surrogate Saddam trial 
would not be public.  Right on cue a member of the Iraqi Governing Council has come out and said 
just that (perhaps they hang off my every word!!!)

In interview with Arab dailies (reported on CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/29/sprj.irq.main/index.html

Dr. Iyad Allawi alledged how Surrogate Saddam had confessed to investing 40 billion dollars in 
Switzerland, Germany and Japan (jolly nice for which ever financial institutions get to use the 
money).  Surrogate Saddam doesnt seem to have much backbone because he appears to be singing like 
the proverbial canary - 'Allawi also told the papers that Saddam is giving the "names of people who 
know the location of hidden arsenals used in terrorist attacks against coalition forces and the 
Governing Council."'.  Maniacal dictator look-unlikes ought to refuse to talk even under torture 
(which of course the Americans would never use :D).

However the sting in the tail. 'Allawi is quoted saying, "Saddam Hussein's trial would not be 
public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money." '  Hmmm, not quite I get the 
logic of that.  Perhaps the meaning was lost in the translation and the original went something 
like 'There is no way we can have a public trial because the Americans gave us a complete lemon as 
Saddam Hussein that even Blind Freddy could see through'

Enjoy

Papers: Saddam revealing information on guns, money
U.S.: Firefight kills suspected militants
Tuesday, December 30, 2003 Posted: 5:04 AM EST (1004 GMT)


AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- A member of the Iraqi Governing Council told two Arabic newspapers that 
Saddam Hussein has given interrogators information about where he has hidden money and how to find 
weapons arsenals used by those attacking coalition forces.

The Arab dailies Asharq Al-Awsat and Al-Hayat reported Monday that Dr. Iyad Allawi told them in 
interviews the former Iraqi leader admitted he invested stolen Iraqi money -- which the Iraqi 
Governing Council estimates at $40 billion -- in Switzerland, Japan and Germany, among others, 
under fictitious company names.

Allawi also told the papers that Saddam is giving the "names of people who know the location of 
hidden arsenals used in terrorist attacks against coalition forces and the Governing Council."

Allawi is quoted saying, "Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries 
and persons whom he gave money."

Allawi, who is heading security issues at the Iraqi Council, estimated the number of "terrorists 
coming from abroad who are carrying out attacks in Iraq" at more than 5,000.

Saddam surrendered to U.S. troops on December 13 from the bottom of a narrow, dark hole beneath a 
two-room mud shack on a sheep farm in Adwar, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from Tikrit, Saddam's 
ancestral home.

Soldiers also recovered two AK 47 rifles, $750,000 in $100 denominations and a white and orange 
taxi in the raid.

U.S. officials said they focused on the farm based on a collection of intelligence gathered from 
the hostile questioning of Saddam's former bodyguards and family members.

The documents captured with Saddam have shed more light on the resistance, according to U.S. 
officials.



____________________________________________________________
Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail!
http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005

_______________________________________________
Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq.
To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss
To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk
All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk