How can one review thousands and thousands of pages in just a matter of a few days? This court has been deliberating with the evidence for the past year, but it has been keeping it away from the defense, which is not fair. |
I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judiciary to decide on, not for politicians and Jalal should know better than that. Why should he make a statement on the accused to the public? The court, the judge need to decide on this. |
If the trial is held on October 19, the Americans will have a difficult time convincing anyone that this is a fair and just trial when no proper procedure has been followed. It would be a show trial. |
It's one thing to topple a regime, but it's another thing to dismantle a state and not replace it with an apparatus to maintain order. |
The court isn't even halfway ready to try the case. It's simply political capital being used to follow the referendum on the constitution. |
The defense team has not yet been finalized. It will be made public when the accused (Saddam) gives his approval to the new team. |
The Iraqi government wants to speed up the trial but the United States knows they are not ready. The Americans may want to show that this is a fair and just trial, which could work to our advantage. |
The man has been denied legal access, he has not been given enough legal advice or told of his rights, and he can't see the lawyer of his choice. That is not how it works. |
The meeting took place on Monday, but I'm not at liberty to disclose the contents of the talks. |
The trial is totally meaningless. It's a political issue, not a legal issue. The procedures and the outcome were decided a long time ago. The people behind this want a lynching; they don't want justice. |
The trial would proceed in the absence of the defendant because the defendant would refuse to cooperate. They might as well sentence them without a trial. |
The whole trial, the bloodshed in Iraq, the killings, the violence and everything else wouldn't have happened, had the Americans not invaded Iraq. After invasion and occupation, the occupying power is responsible for protecting the lives of the people under occupation. |
There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the family's knowledge and we don't know who authorized them. |
There is no way you can have a trial in a country where there is absolutely no authority. That is the situation in Baghdad today. |
There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else. |