http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6730EF83-62B9-4AB9-BEA4-06EEA397A123.htm
Saddam sacks foreign defence team
Wednesday 24 August 2005, 1:30 Makka Time, 22:30 GMT
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has dismissed his entire foreign defence
team and will in future deal only with his Iraqi lawyer, the special tribunal
trying him confirmed on Tuesday.
"The head of the investigative judges team questioned Saddam... on whether he
had dismissed all his lawyers except the Iraqi lawyer Khalil Dulaimi," a
statement issued by the special tribunal said.
"Saddam confirmed that he has dismissed all lawyers and cancelled their
authorisations... and that the only authorised lawyer is Khalil Dulaimi," it
added, without specifying when the hearing took place.
The former imprisoned president told the judge that Dulaimi would inform the
court if "a need arises, to enlist the assistance of other lawyers or
consultants", the statement said.
Loss of trust
Saddam's family has accused the foreign defence team, which has about 20 active
lawyers, of using its position to further interests not linked to the case.
Saddam Hussein is being tried for
crimes against humanity
Saddam, who was ousted in April 2003 after the US-led invasion of Iraq and
captured the following December, is in US custody near Baghdad awaiting trial
on charges of crimes against humanity.
No trial date has yet been set, although Iraqi government officials have said
it could take place within the next two months.
Last month, the court filed the first charges against Saddam over the 1982
killing of 143 residents of the village of Dujail, northeast of Baghdad, where
he had been the target of a failed assassination bid.
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