Confirmation of request of the verdict and incrimination panel

Lawyer Khalil Dolaimi, President of the Defense Committee for President Saddam Hussein and his comrades

Pursuant to our repeated requests of the 5th, 7th and 9th of November 2006 and after our deputized representative in Baghdad reported that the Court has not yet provided him with copies of the verdict and incrimination decisions rendered in the claim (# 1/criminal/2005) on November 5, 2006. We would like to confirm before the whole world that the court lacks every standard for a fair trial and that it is still pursuing its continued efforts to obstruct the efforts of the Defense to submit a legal cassation appeal against the unjust verdicts which rendered against President Saddam Hussein and some of his comrades by this court, and its trial which lacks both legality and legitimacy according to the latest reports of all legal institutions and U.N. commissions. It is worth mentioning that the court has violated all laws when it refused to receive the final defense submissions from the lawyers although those submissions were signed and were in full accordance with legal requirements and not to the contrary as the court claims...

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