Jordanian lawyer urges Saddam release
A Jordanian lawyer who claims to represent Saddam urged the US-led coalition to release the ousted dictator, and said that handing him over to the newly empowered interim Iraqi government would violate international law.
“With the transfer of authority, the United States has no legal basis to keep prisoners of war, including Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in detention,” said Ziad al-Khasawneh, one of 20 Jordanian and foreign lawyers appointed by Saddam’s wife Sajidah.
“International law dictates that in such a situation, the occupation authority must release all prisoners of war – including Mr President Saddam - and let them choose to leave to any country they wish to go to and under the protection of the occupying power and the United Nations,” al-Khasawneh said in Amman, Jordan.
“The United States would violate international law if it handed the president or other prisoners of war over to the interim Iraqi government,” he added.
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