He said: ‘Judge me as an accused person. What crimes did I commit?’

Those accused have the right to know who the court members are. He might have a personal or political enmity with a court member,

What I told the British newspaper is that during a questioning session, Tariq Aziz was asked about who in Iraq took sovereign decisions like declaring war, suppressing a revolt or a civil mutiny,

The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn’t been enforced until after the elections in an attempt to ease the political pressure in...