War crimes court to try Saddam if caught

A NEW Iraqi war crimes court will try ousted President Saddam Hussein and his top associates, a party in Iraq’s Governing Council said yesterday.

The US-backed council agreed to set up a commission charged with laying down laws, local or international, that would allow it to put suspected war criminals on trial, said Entifadh Qanbar, spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress.

“The council decided to form a judicial high commission to look into the various types of crimes and to try war criminals,” he said.