Opposition groups vow to bring Saddam to justice

Saddam Hussein and leading members of his government will be brought to justice following any regime change in Iraq, opposition leaders pledged yesterday.

Delegates at a London conference discussing a post-Saddam Iraq said they had so far identified 37 “targets” for possible legal action. However, the opposition groups, made up of members of political, ethnic, and religious representatives, revealed that they were also keen for a “general amnesty” on security and other personnel who were carrying out orders. Speaking on the second day of the discussions, Hamid Al-Bayati, a representative of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), said they had 12 “category A targets” including Saddam, his two sons, two half-brothers and the deputy prime-minister Tariq Aziz.

“Category B targets” were made up of “top people” from Saddam’s ruling Ba’ath party. “If Saddam is captured inside the country, he will be tried internally in Iraq,” Mr Al-Bayati said.