The International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday that it hopes US authorities will let it visit Saddam to check on the conditions in which he is being held. It declined to comment on whether the US already has breached international law by publishing photos and video images of Saddam after his capture.
Saddam could be tried "in the next few weeks" and could be executed if convicted, said Mouwafak al-Rabii, a Shiite member of the Iraqi Governing Council said yesterday. Other council members said a trial would likely begin later.
Eager to prove to Iraqis that Saddam was in custody, the US military showed video of the ousted leader, haggard and gray-bearded, as a military doctor examined him. In Baghdad, radio stations played jubilant music and some bus passengers shouted, "They got Saddam! They got Saddam!"
But some residents of Adwar recalled fondly how Saddam used to swim in the nearby Tigris River and bemoaned the capture of the leader who donated generously to area residents.
"This is bad news to all Iraqis," said Ammar Zidan, 21. "Even if they captured Saddam Hussein, we are all Saddam Hussein. We want freedom ... from the Americans."
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