The trial of Saddam Hussein / Abdul-Haq Al-Ani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻĀnī, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006--Trials, litigation, etc.

Hussein, Saddam.

Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.

Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Iraq--Baghdad.

Trials (Crimes against humanity).

Trials (Murder)--Iraq--Baghdad.

Trials (Murder).

Iraq. Iraqi Higher Criminal Court.

Iraq.

Iraq--Baghdad.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Physical Description:

421 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, [2008]

Summary:

The trial of Saddam Hussein marks the first time since the UN was created that a head of state has been put on trial by an invading, occupying power. It should be viewed within its appropriate context-as the starting point for US domination of Iraq, in line with its further gradual domination of the Middle East.

This book seeks to draw public attention to the threat this precedent poses to developing nations worldwide, and to its disruptive influence on the further evolution of universal norms and standards of justice.

Al-Ani documents the trail of illegalities marking the destruction of Iraq at the hands of the US and UK-from the genocidal sanctions of the 1990s, the US State Department pre-invasion planning that commenced in 2001, and the 2003 invasion, to the setting up and proceedings of the Tribunal that swiftly dispatched Saddam Hussein.

While the Tribunal was intended to promote the image of a triumphant Iraqi democracy, the US was actually in control of all stages of the trial. It drafted the Tribunal's Statute; determined the trial venue and what charges would be brought; researched, compiled, stored, and prevented access to evidence and documentation; selected and trained the judges; and micro-managed the proceedings.

The trial itself was so farcical as to provoke international condemnation. International human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as UN bodies such as the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have stated that the Iraqi Special Tribunal and its legal process did not meet international standards for a fair trial.

The behavior of the United States and its allies sets an ugly precedent for intervention in other targeted states. This rigorous examination reveals how the 'New World' is in fact being 'ordered'. It presents a terrifying prospect of ruthless dictatorship by an occupying power, deprivation of national independence, and removal of the universal human right to justice. It lays bare the level of deception, hypocrisy, and flagrant flouting of even its own laws to which the US was willing to resort in order to achieve its objective: the subjugation of a sovereign nation.

Contents:

The Ba'ath and Saddam Hussein

Pre-planning for regime change

Eurocentrism, international law, and the invasion of 2003

The occupation of Iraq during Bremer's rule

The creation of the Iraqi special tribunal

Making the tribunal "Iraqi"

The trial

The failures of the trial

Judgment, sentence, appeal and execution

Chronology of events in Iraq July 1958-December 2006.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780932863584

0932863582

OCLC:

212410191