There is a date set for October 19. They will be tried for the execution of 143 citizens.

This court will conduct the case according to international standards. We feel proud that we have real legal sovereignty in Iraq. We hope to rebuild national unity and rid ourselves of a dark page in...

Although the rats are small, the disease they are carrying is harmful and there is no cure except confrontation.

It was a difficult decision because we are living in a democratic atmosphere. This is the highest punishment taken against people who have conducted assassinations, and it aims at deterring criminals from going too far...

Justice must follow its course and we must guarantee the conditions for a just and transparent trial,

It is regrettable to say that until now there are big numbers of elements, not only former regime elements, but supervisors of some terrorist groups who are now in Jordan.

But the government strongly wants this trial to continue in Iraq,

The sooner we get the constitution over and done with, the faster we can move at rebuilding the state and rebuilding the country. So a delay is not a good thing, but it’s not a...

a waste of time.

It will add another six months of an interim period transitional government, and a lot of people would like to get on with their lives.

In view of recent leaks to the press and in the absence of an official spokesman for the tribunal, I have been authorized to announce that the trial of Saddam Hussein will begin on October...

The Iraqi government is taking care of these families directly by supplying them with their needs. All the roads are open and the city is safe now as the Iraqi Red Crescent is working there.

At 10 am in Baghdad the first executions were carried out since the fall of the regime, against three criminals.

was supervising on a daily basis almost all the attacks that happened (in Baghdad). … He was fully responsible for preparing and sending the car bombs that killed hundreds of innocent Iraqis.

There is a date set for October 19,

We do not know who was behind this operation. Is it designed to hinder the trial process or is it a case of vendetta?

We know well that either way, if it is a ‘yes’ or a ‘no,’ it is going to be a tough outcome that we need to handle.

The charges against Saddam are so many (and) regardless of how many years he is going to live, the charges and trials would not end.

We look to the boycott as a futile pressure on the court and the course of justice. We support the independence and transparency of the court totally.

Their message was that their government is unable to protect you from us. They want a reaction against Sunnis to therefore deepen the sectarian crisis in the country.

Iraqis cannot understand how Saddam has been held for nearly two years without trial. There’s plenty, plenty of evidence. What’s the holdup? People find it unacceptable.

The government is in a decisive war and we will continue regardless to how long it’s going to take. We think that they will increase their criminal acts more than what they are doing now...

This court will conduct according to international standards. We feel proud that we have real legal sovereignty in Iraq. We hope to rebuild national unity and rid ourselves of a dark page in Iraq’s past...