Posted by
Reeson on Monday, January 15, 2007 4:23:14 PM
This is an excerpt from the Associated Press on
Yahoo news. Notice Tariq Aziz at the bottom. I've seen reports of his cooperation with the coalition. Maybe that's why he hasn't been charged.
Some ranking members of Saddam Hussein's regime on trial or detained.
The following men stood trial for the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims after a 1982 assassination attempt on Saddam in the town of Dujail and were convicted on capital charges:
• Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi president, guilty of murder, forced deportation and torture; executed Dec. 30.
• Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, guilty of murder, forced deportation and torture; executed Jan. 15.
• Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of the Revolutionary Court, guilty of murder; executed Jan. 15.
The following men are on trial for crimes related to the lead-up and execution of the Anfal campaign against Kurds during 1987 and 1988. All are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, which carry sentences of death:
• Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam's cousin and the former head of the Baath Party's Northern Bureau Command.
• Sabir al-Douri, former director of military intelligence.
Separately, Tariq Aziz, who as foreign minister was the most public face of Saddam's regime to the outside world, has not been charged in any cases, but is being held by U.S. troops.