Saddam Hussein's cousin has said the former Iraqi president should not stand trial for crimes committed during his time in power.
| Well, gee. There's an impartial observer for you... |
Izz al-Din al-Majid, who was once Saddam's bodyguard, told Aljazeera.net on Tuesday that he would not get a fair trial in Iraq. "I totally refuse the idea of trying President Saddam Hussein - this is illegal. He is still the legal president of the Republic of Iraq. But if there is no escape from holding a trial, then it should be in The Hague," he said.
| Personally, I find the idea of the people he tormented for 35 years putting him on trial to be kind of... you know — jolly. |
Al-Majid defected with Saddam's sons-in-law Hussein and Saddam Kamil in 1995, but refused to return to Iraq in spite of a presidential pardon.
| That's howcome he's still breathing... |
And even though he opposed Saddam's regime, al-Majid objected to America's treatment of him. He said: "Though my differences with the president are known to everybody, I am terribly sad... If I had an army, I would immediately move to Baghdad to drive the occupiers and their supporters out of Iraq. |