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Iraqi president expects Saddam trial in 2 months
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-06-01 08:32

Saddam Hussein could go on trial for crimes against humanity within two months, far earlier than expected, Iraq's new president, Jalal Talabani, said on Tuesday.

Asked in an interview televised on CNN when Saddam's trial would begin, Talabani said: "I hope within two months."

Iraqi prosecutors and their U.S. advisers say a trial is more likely in 2006, after some of Saddam's lieutenants have been tried, to help build the case against the former president.

Saddam Hussein could go on trial for crimes against humanity within two months, far earlier than expected, Iraq's new president, Jalal Talabani, said on May 31 2005. Asked in an interview televised on CNN when Saddam's trial would begin, Talabani said: 'I hope within two months.' Iraq's deposed dictator Saddam Hussein is led by guards into the courtroom to appear before an Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004. (Pool/Reuters)
Saddam Hussein could go on trial for crimes against humanity within two months, far earlier than expected, Iraq's new president, Jalal Talabani, said on May 31 2005. Iraq's deposed president Saddam Hussein is led by guards into the courtroom to appear before an Iraqi tribunal July 1, 2004. [Reuters/file]
Iraqi leaders hope that trials of Saddam and his aides will help restore public confidence, sapped by relentless insurgent violence and political bickering that delayed the formation of a cabinet for months.

In Washington, US President Bush said that despite mounting casualties in Iraq, "I'm pleased with the progress" being made.

"I am pleased that ... there is a democratically elected government in Iraq, there are thousands of Iraqi soldiers trained and better equipped to fight for their own country," he told a news conference in the White House Rose Garden.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani listens during an interview with Reuters in Amman May 8, 2005.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani listens during an interview with Reuters in Amman May 8, 2005.[Reuters/file]
More than 1,600 Americans have been killed since Saddam was ousted in April 2003, more than 70 of them in May alone. But Bush expressed confidence the Iraqi government would get the situation under control, enabling U.S. troops to pull out.

"And when they're ready, we'll come home. And I hope that's sooner rather than later."

The death toll for American troops in May was the highest since January, with the U.S. military saying on Tuesday insurgents have doubled their number of daily attacks since April.

SPREE OF VIOLENCE

This latest spree of violence by insurgents put a dramatic end to a period when attacks on U.S. forces had waned after the historic Jan. 30 elections.

At least 77 U.S. troops were killed in May, according to a count of deaths announced by the military. That is the highest toll since 107 Americans were killed in January.

In the latest losses for U.S.-led forces in Iraq, four Italians, four Americans and an Iraqi were killed in two aircraft crashes, officials said.

A six-seater Iraqi Air Force plane crashed 150 km (90 miles) northeast of Baghdad on Monday, killing four U.S. Air Force personnel and an Iraqi pilot, Iraq's Defense Ministry said.

A ministry spokesman said he believed the plane came down in a sandstorm. The U.S. military said it was investigating.

Overnight, an Italian military helicopter crashed outside the southern city of Nassiriya as it returned from Kuwait, killing the two pilots and two gunners. The cause of the crash was unknown, but it was believed to be non-hostile.

In Baghdad, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari condemned the arrest by U.S. troops on Monday of senior Sunni politician Mohsen Abdul-Hamid, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party.

He said he had demanded an explanation from the top American general in Iraq for the 12-hour detention, which the military has said was a mistake.

Relatives of Abdul-Hamid said U.S. troops broke down the door of his family home, ransacked the house and put a hood over his head before carting him and his three sons away.

The arrest threatened to put further strain on relations between Iraq's Sunni Arab and Shi'ite communities at a time when some have expressed fears of a slide toward civil war.

In his speech to parliament, Jaafari said he hoped a new constitution, due to be drafted by mid-August, would be drawn up on time, but admitted it was a tight deadline. He said improving security, his biggest headache, was a formidable task.

"There are big problems, we don't claim that we'll remove all obstacles, but we'll make a tangible difference in security and public services," he said.

On Sunday his government launched Operation Lightning, aiming to put 40,000 Iraqi police and soldiers on the streets of Baghdad to hit back at insurgents.

Jaafari said the operation had so far resulted in a large number of arrests of Iraqi and foreign militants and the discovery of several car bomb workshops.

Car bombs are perhaps Iraq's biggest threat. In May, 140 explosives-laden vehicles detonated across the country, a huge rise from 2004 monthly figures.

Al Qaeda's network in Iraq, headed by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has claimed responsibility for many of the attacks.

Zarqawi is Washington's number one enemy in Iraq with a $25 million bounty on his head.



 
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