- Muhammad al-Rashdan, the lawyer of the former Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein said that he had received a report from the International
Committee of the Red Cross confirming that Saddam Hussein -- who is held
by the American forces -- has painful wounds in various parts of his body.
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- Al-Rashdan explained in a press statement that the report
he had received two days earlier in Amman confirms that Saddam Hussein
is hit by several wounds in his body on January 21, this year.
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- Al-Rashdan -- who is officially authorized to defend
Saddam by his wife Sajeeda on her own behalf and for her daughters Raghad,
Rana and Hala -- considered that this confirmed that Saddam was exposed
to material and moral torture, a matter which constitutes a flagrant violations
of the Geneva agreements, renewing his demands to immediately release Saddam.
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- The Jordanian lawyer stressed that the international
law stands with his client and that he intends to head to the US to meet
with officials at the US administration to follow up the issue of Saddam's
continued detentions and his material and moral torture.
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- Al-Rashdan said " I have asked the US justice secretary
and the Defense and secretaries of state and did not receive an answer
to that." He also extended a message to them demanding the release
of Saddam's money confiscated during his detention estimated at USD 750,000
and handing over the sum to his wide Sajeeda.
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- http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040617/2004061713.html
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