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Saddam trial defense lawyer found dead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-10-21 19:45
Iraq Authorities in Baghdad confirm that the lawyer for one of Saddam
Hussein's co-defendants has been found murdered.
The attorney (Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi) was kidnapped from his office last
night. His body, with two bullet holes, was found dumped near a Baghdad mosque
today. He was representing the former head of Saddam's Revolutionary Court.
A top official with Iraq's lawyers' union says the victim's family confirmed
he was found in the street near a Baghdad mosque.
Special security had been in place for prosecutors and judges at the trial to
protect them from possible retaliation by Hussein's supports. But that
protection apparently had not been extended to defense attorneys.
Saddam's trial began Wednesday -- but was recessed until next month.
The lawyer's union official predicts "grave repercussions" that will hinder
lawyers from taking on political defendants.
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