Saddam's Defense

Saddam's lawyer has a definite future as a stand-up comic.

Saddam Hussein's defence lawyers will argue that he has immunity from prosecution at his trial in Iraq later this month, according to a London-based member of his legal team.

Lawyer Abdel Haq Alani told the BBC the former president will challenge the legality of the special tribunal, due to open inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on October 19.

"He had full immunity under the prevailing Iraqi constitution and you cannot have a retroactive legislation that removes that immunity," Alani said in an interview with the BBC's "Newsnight" programme late on Thursday.

Iraqi officials say the only charge against Saddam so far is the killing of more than 140 men in the mostly Shi'ite village of Dujail after a failed 1982 assassination attempt against him.

That is good. Murdering Dictator is overthrown, but the coalition that removed him can't change the countries legislation. Wonder how the people of Iraq feel about that? Since they are the ones prosecuting him. But hey if that fails, they should try the old style trial and execution method, the angry mob.

Well, If things go well this weekend, I think they will be losing that argument. Funny how a democratic vote on a constitution probably would be seen as more legitimate.