(Reuters) Saddam trial judge seeks asylum in Britain: report

[Eugene]

Saddam trial judge seeks asylum in Britain: report

35 minutes ago

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iraqi trial judge who sentenced former Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein to death has asked for asylum in Britain, Al
Jazeera television said on Friday.

The television's London correspondent said that Raouf Abdel Rahman
had asked for asylum after going to Britain with his family in mid-
December on a visitor's visa.

"The information we have is that the judge sought asylum for reasons
including that he fears for his own life and the lives of family members
... The application is being considered by the Home Office," said the
correspondent, Nasser al-Badri, citing unnamed official British sources.

There was no immediate comment from British or Iraqi officials.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070309/ts_nm/iraq_britain_judge_dc

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. nobody said being a collaborator would be easy...

[bullimiami]

2. puppet scared, running to hide at masters house.

it was a kangaroo court. this is just more proof.

[saigon68]

9. Hopefully, he won't get tangled and trip on his PUPPET STRINGS

[rodeodance]

3. not surprizing to hear this.

[Tempest]

4. He should be told to stay in Iraq and help rebuild the country

Those who contributed to the violence and destruction should be forced to stay and undo the damage.

[Fresh_Start]

5. Just say NO, UK

let the puppet enjoy his own country. He helped make it the way it is.

[daleo]

6. This was probably part of the deal

Hang Saddam and you can live in London - he will probably get some nice cushy "expatriate" job too.

[ngant17]

7. If he didn't feel safe in the Green Zone

what makes him think he will be much safer in Great Britian?

I suspect he will end up as a hunted man like Somoza, who took a well-deserved RPG round while driving around Paraguya inside his armor-plated Mercedes, circa 1980.

[saigon68]

10. Yes a "well-deserved" RPG

[Eugene]

8. Update - senior judge: Abdel Rahman due to return in April

(Reuters)

Saddam judge in London, paper says seeks asylum
17 Mar 2007 11:53:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds senior judge saying Rahman due back in April)

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - The Iraqi judge who sentenced former
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to death was reported on Saturday to
have sought asylum in London but another senior judge in Baghdad
said he was expected back in Iraq in April.

British newspaper the Times said Raouf Abdel Rahman, 65, was living
in Britain and had applied for permission to stay, fearing for his
life in Iraq.

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But Munir Hadad, one of the nine judges on Iraq's Appeals Chamber,
said on Saturday Abdel Rahman was due back in April.

"The judge has a normal holiday that ends on April 5. He is undergoing
medical check-ups and he told the court he intends to return at the end
of his holiday," Hadad told a news conference in Baghdad on Saturday.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17199311.htm

[IndianaGreen]

11. Sure... I am certain that come April the good judge Rahman will return to Iraq

to enjoy the fruits of that American freedom and democracy for which so many have died. It is only fitting that a jurist in a kangaroo court, run under the auspices of a foreign occupation, should receive a full measure of the horrors that he helped bring about.