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Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
October 27, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon [JURIST news archive] defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai [TrialWatch profile] Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq'.... [more] 
Iraq parliament speaker objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
October 26, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani Thursday objected to the execution of former Saddam Hussein-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed al-Tai [TrialWatch profile], joining a group of Iraqi political leaders speaking out against the planned execution. Al-Mashhadani said that.... [more]
Iran urges legal action against Saddam-era chemical weapons suppliers
October 22, 2007
[JURIST] Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki [Iran MFA website] urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website] Monday to "take legal action" against 400 companies that allegedly supplied chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] during the 1980-1988 Iraqi.... [more]
US transports 'Chemical Ali' to Iraq gallows site: NYT
October 18, 2007
[JURIST] US authorities have delivered Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," to a location near a prison gallows in Baghdad where he is expected to be transferred into Iraqi custody to be executed, an Iraqi police official said.... [more]
US refused to hand over Saddam defense minister for execution: report
October 13, 2007
[JURIST] The US military refused to hand over Saddam Hussein's defense minister for execution in September despite Iraqi government demands, TIME magazine reported Friday. An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told TIME that US officials refused to deliver Sultan Hashem Ahmed al-Jubouri al-.... [more]
'Chemical Ali' ordered executions: court testimony
September 24, 2007
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein's cousin and former Iraqi defense minister Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], also known as Chemical Ali, ordered the execution of 25 villagers at a time as he crushed a Shi'a uprising [HRW backgrounder] in southern Iraq following the 1991 Persian Gulf.... [more]
Iran leader says 'war criminal' Bush should be tried before international court
September 14, 2007
[JURIST] Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [official website] said Friday that US President George W. Bush was a "war criminal" comparable to Adolf Hitler or Saddam Hussein and that he would eventually be brought before an international tribunal to answer for his actions. In a sermon.... [more]
Iraqis sue Australian exporter alleged to have paid oil-for-food kickbacks to Saddam
September 14, 2007
[JURIST] Victims of Saddam Hussein's government filed a class action lawsuit against the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) [corporate website; JURIST news archive] and its US subsidiary in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], AWB officials said Friday. The.... [more]
Anfal death sentences do not require presidential approval: Iraqi judge
September 10, 2007
[JURIST] An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] said at a Baghdad news conference Monday that the execution of three former Saddam-era Iraqi officials sentenced to death for their role in the 1988 Anfal Campaign [HRW backgrounder] can proceed without the.... [more]
Iraq president objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
September 7, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [BBC profile] Friday objected to the planned execution of former Saddam-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai [TrialWatch profile], saying that al-Tai should receive clemency because he was only acting under the threat of death from Saddam and had.... [more]
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