Saturday 26th April, 2008
Iraq government to put Tariq Aziz on trial
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Big News Network.com Saturday 26th April, 2008
The Iraqi Special Tribunal, established under the U.S. by the
Coalition Provisional Authority to try Iraqis for genocide, crimes against
humanity,and war crimes is to try former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq
Aziz.
Aziz, the best known member of Saddam's regime, served as Foreign
Minister and Deputy PM.
The English-speaking Catholic persistently told diplomats and
re****ters Iraq was not harboring weapons of mass destruction, claims later
verified to be true.
Aziz, who surrendered to the Americans following the invasion by the
U.S. and its coalition partners, in 2003, has been held in the Camp
Cropper
prison ever since without charges being laid.
Several countries, along with the spiritual leader of Iraq's
Chaldean
Christian community, Emmanuel III Delly, have endeavoured to obtain his
release. He is re****tedly suffering poor health.
The Iraqi government however is determined to try Aziz over the
death
of a number of merchants sixteen years ago, after they re****tedly defied
government policy and increased prices of their goods.
Nothing has been known of this until Thursday of this week when
Jaffar
Al Moussawi, a tribunal prosecutor, announced the trial of Aziz and other
prominent members of Saddam's regime.
All charged will apear before the tribunal on Tuesday.
"Tariq Aziz will be presented for trial at the special tribunal over
the execution of around forty merchants in 1992," Moussawi told Reuters.
Asked what the specific charges would be, Moussawi said: "It's
believed he was involved in the case."
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