Iraqi govt wants Saddam POW status changed

Iraq will ask the United States to change Saddam Hussein’s status as a prisoner of war and to hand him to Iraqis for trial, Iraq’s foreign minister said today.

“We have agreed with the United States and the coalition forces that whenever we are ready as Iraqis, and especially after we regain power … we will demand changing Saddam’s status as a prisoner of war,” said Hoshyar Zebari.