A statement to the Public opinion

Lawyer Badie Aref, Mr. Tariq Aziz Lawyer

While I am about to enter the court room of the High Iraqi Criminal Court , I would like to announce the following: On the 6th of September 2006, the Iraqi police found the body of lawyer Abdul Munim Hussein after he was kidnapped on Aug.29th2006 in Kadhimiya (Baghdad). His body was found in front of Kadhimiya hospital, about three kilometers for from the place where he was kidnapped. The martyr lawyer is a member of my office and has been working with me on several cases and has worked also on preparing the defense in cases that are been still going on before both the high Iraqi Criminal and the Central Criminal Iraqi courts. The vile assassination took place in the aftermath of two attacks which targeted me, my office and it's staff (...) I consider the Iraqi government, along with all security bodies and active militias which enjoys the government protection and under its control, the occupying forces, especially the American and the British forces responsible for all the harm I have suffered or may suffer in the future. I’ve asked my family, in case I face an accident to take legal action against President Bush and Prime Minister Blair and to consider them responsible for any such accident because they are responsible for the current situation in Iraq.

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