BAGHDAD – Less than a year after her father was sent to the gallows, Saddam Hussein's daughter is facing charges that could lead to her execution.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said yesterday that Raghad Hussein, 38, has been charged with financing the insurgents who have bedeviled this country since shortly after her father's regime was toppled in 2003.
The spokesman, Abdul Kereem Khalaf, said the Iraqi Judicial Authority issued an arrest warrant for Hussein a year ago, but that it was only being made public now after Interpol, the international police agency, issued a worldwide notice that Iraq was seeking her.
“We have a whole file of evidence against her,” Khalaf said. “It is with the court. If you have the right connections you can see it. But basically she is accused of mass killings of Iraqis by funding terrorist groups.”
If found guilty, Khalaf said, Hussein would be punished with either life in prison or death. In Iraq, defendants given the death penalty are executed by hanging.
Oh. Not that kind of swinging. This kind:
Like Father, like Daughter?Naturally, there's a glitch in the plan:
Interpol's “red notice” for Hussein's arrest doesn't amount to an international warrant but is intended to alert its member countries of a person's fugitive status and adds credibility to the charges brought by the Iraqi government. Jordan is a member of Interpol. Efforts to reach authorities in Jordan were unsuccessful.
Khalaf said the Iraqi government's national security adviser has been in Jordan for the last week trying to arrange Hussein's arrest.
I think the Iraqi government and Interpol are going about this the wrong way. They need to send some experts. How about this crew?:
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