International court should try Saddam, says daughter

SADDAM HUSSEIN’S family wants the former Iraqi leader to be tried by an international court instead of a special tribunal set up by the US-installed Iraqi Governing Council, one of his daughters said yesterday.

International court should try Saddam, says daughter

Raghad Saddam Hussein said her father appeared sedated in footage released by the US after his capture near his hometown of Tikrit.

“Every honest person who knows Saddam know that he is firm and powerful. Saddam was tranquillised when captured,” she said in an interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television station.

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