A defense lawyer in Saddam Hussein's mass murder trial has been found dead, his body dumped near a Baghdad mosque with two gunshots to the head, police and a top lawyers union official said Friday.Some might consider this an improvement, but obviously you can't have this kind of stuff going on in a democracy. It's going to take awhile to week the blood sports out of Iraqi politics.
Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi was abducted from his office Thursday evening, a day after he attended the first session of the trial, acting as the lawyer of one Saddam's seven co-defendants.
His body was found hours later on a sidewalk near Fardous Mosque in the eastern neighborhood of Ur, near the site of his office, said police Maj. Falah al-Mohammedawi. His identity was confirmed Friday, al-Mohammedawi said.
Friday, October 21, 2005
Defense Lawyer in Saddam Case Murdered
It used to be dangerous in Iraq to oppose Saddam - now it's getting dangerous to defend him:
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