Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikritiwas the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coupthat brought the party to power in Iraq...
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth28 April 1937
CityAl-Awja, Iraq
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I won't answer to this so-called court...Who are you? What are you? The occupation is illegitimate, ... I retain my constitutional rights as the president of Iraq.
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We have many legal experts and lawyers, and (the court) will choose from among them
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Why have you brought us here with force? Your authority gives you the right to try a defendant in absentia. Are you trying to overcome your own smallness?
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Why did they take my pen and the papers that I need during the trial.
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Why are you even giving him the chance to talk?
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We have been on hunger strike for three days protesting the bad treatment from you and your leaders.
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We have been on a hunger strike for the past three days in protest of the treatment by you and your masters.
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Today we accomplished the final amendments of the new constitution and the final version has been presented to the United Nations to print it and to be distributed to the Iraqi people,
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We want to hold a quick meeting without wasting more time to discuss the issue of aggression on Palestinians, in particular,
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We reject the appointment of court employees to defend us.
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Where is the crime? Where is the crime? If trying a suspect accused of shooting at a head of state -- no matter what his name is -- is considered a crime, then you have the head of state in your hands. Try him.
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We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself,
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We have not agreed on this constitution. We have objections which are the same as we had from day one,
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for the sake of their own people, for the region and for world order.