Another difficult moment in a trial that never should have happened in the first place:
Khamis al-Obeidi is the third lawyer representing the former dictator and his seven co-accused to have been killed since the crimes against humanity trial began in October last year.Police sources said that Mr al-Obeidi was abducted from his home at 7am by men dressed in police uniforms. He was shot dead and his body dumped on a street near the Shia slum of Sadr City.
His assassination came two days after the chief prosecutor demanded a death penalty for Saddam and three former aides for their roles in an alleged massacre on Shia villagers in 1982.
The idea that you’d spend years talking up one man’s crimes against humanity, invade his country, and then, years later, spend months in court looking for a guilty verdict is pure insanity. We established his guilt over a decade ago and he should have been treated accordingly.
At least it will be over soon.
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