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Saddam's judge flees Iraq
Mar 9, 2007, 21:43 GMT
Cairo - The Iraqi judge who sentenced Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein to death has fled Iraq seeking asylum in Britain, the Arabic language al-Jazeera news broadcaster reported Friday.
Raouf Abdel-Rahman, a member of Iraq's Kurdish minority, has requested political asylum in Britain with his family, the report added.
Abdel-Rahman headed the Supreme Iraq Criminal Tribunal that heard Saddam's genocide trial and found him guilty, leading to his execution.
Saddam, who was put to death in December, was found guilty of killing more than a hundred Shiite Iraqis in the village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt on him.
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Shame on you Mr. RaoufMar 9th, 2007 - 22:24:10
Hope of a brighter future in my homeland was kindled by news of the arrest of the so called Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi, the self appointed Caliphate of the Qaeda so called Islamic State of Iraq. Yet if true, Raouf Abdel-Rahman has stolen this little joy I had. Mr. Raouf must have had the extensive protection of the government of Iraq and the Allied forces. His action is deplorable.
I was myself kidnapped and nearly butchered by Jihadist terrorist group. I escaped death through a large ransom that consumed not only my private savings but that of all the extended family. I did not have any protection from the government whatsoever despite my relatively senior position in civil service.
I am contemplating going home and I am being encouraged by what I hear of the achievements of the security Surge. I have lost my home and if I return will not have any protection whatsoever. Despite family pressure I have declined to take political asylum in a western country where I am stationed now.
I hope and pray this news item is wrong.
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