U.S. Undermining Saddam Evidence - Iraqi Lawyer (says)

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040312/ts_nm/iraq_saddam_dc_1

Reuters) - A top Iraqi lawyer coordinating preparations for Saddam Hussein trial accused the U.S. military Friday of hampering efforts to gather evidence by releasing detainees linked to the toppled dictator.

"The U.S. military just releases detainees without consulting with us. They are releasing people with valuable information on Saddam. They are undermining the process of putting him on trial," Salem Chalabi told Reuters.

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The U.S.-educated attorney, whose uncle Ahmad Chalabi is a member of the Governing Council, said there were about 100 Iraqi detainees with ties to Saddam who could provide hard evidence against him.


"The Americans have released 15 detainees who would have been valuable to us. They are doing this because they arrested too many people and now they are compensating," he said.
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1. talking about evidence

doesn't surprise me if this is true, election time

Over the past few days, in the wake of the bombings in Karbala and the ideological disputes that delayed the signing of Iraq’s interim constitution, there have been reports that U.S. forces have unloaded a large cargo of parts for constructing long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the southern ports of Iraq.
A reliable source from the Iraqi Governing Council, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Mehr News Agency that U.S. forces, with the help of British forces stationed in southern Iraq, had made extensive efforts to conceal their actions.
He added that the cargo was unloaded during the night as attention was still focused on the aftermath of the deadly bombings in Karbala and the signing of Iraq’s interim constitution.
The source said that in order to avoid suspicion, ordinary cargo ships were used to download the cargo, which consisted of weapons produced in the 1980s and 1990s.



http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=3/13/2004&Cat=4&Num=011

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2. how very interesting

thanks for the info