Monday - July 25, 2005
Swedish Meatball
Saddam Hussein’s lawyers are attempting have his trial moved to .... Sweden. They contend that if the murderous madman’s trial is held in Iraq, he would not be safe. Bwah-hah-hah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha ....
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who faces trial on charges of crimes against humanity, will not be permitted to stand trial or serve his sentence in Sweden, a Swedish official said.
“We have said ‘no’,” justice ministry director Ann Marie Bolin Pennegaard told AFP, referring to a request from one of Hussein’s lawyers for him to either await trial, stand trial or serve his sentence in Sweden.
Pennegaard on Friday sent the Swedish government’s answer to Hussein’s attorney Giovanni di Stefano. “Sweden has no intention of filing a request to the competent authorities in Iraq for a transfer of Saddam Hussein to Sweden before his trial,” Pennegaard wrote in the fax.
“Nor has Sweden considered the issue of establishing a seat of the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Sweden. It is also to be noted that there is no possibility under present Swedish legislation ... to let Saddam Hussein serve any possible sentence in a Swedish prison after his trial,” she added.
According to a report in Swedish daily Aftonbladet on Monday, Di Stefano is now planning to ask Iraq and the United Nations to file an official request for Sweden to accept Hussein before, during or after the trial. “If Iraq or the UN sends a request to Sweden this could still happen,” he told the paper, insisting that holding a trial in Baghdad would be too dangerous for Hussein.
“One couldn’t stop an Egyptian ambassador from recently being kidnapped and murdered in Baghdad. And there is a war going on there, and how can one hold a trial when bombs are exploding outside the door?” he asked. “It is no longer just about Saddam Hussein getting a fair trial but also about him getting a safe trial,” Di Stefano insisted.
Pennegaard said that for the time being Swedish authorities were unlikely to change their minds. “If completely new information comes to light we will of course have to evaluate this again,” she told AFP.
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