John Gaquin wrote:

"thunder" wrote in message

I shed no tears for Saddam, but:


But what? Of course his counsel will claim that the current government has
no legitimacy. You expected otherwise? His team claims they have been
denied access. They claim no proper authority in place. Normal. The
facts are that there is a constituted legal system in place run by Iraqis,
and they are proceeding. All else is allegation and speculation.



The Iraqi judge claimed he was operating under coalition authority.
Further, the investigation of the charges is to be provided by the U.S.
But that's far less of an issue than the denial of regular access to
counsel.