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Posted by Qasrani (Guest) - Tuesday, September 21 2004, 3:46:14 (CEST)
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Sept. 20, 2004 | CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in an interview published Monday that a broken and depressed Saddam Hussein had appealed to him for mercy, saying his regime had meant no harm during the former dictator's years running the country.

"Saddam sent me a verbal message asking for mercy," Allawi told the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat. "He said they were working for the general good and they didn't aim to harm."

Allawi said the message was carried by a member of the current government. He didn't say who or when was the message relayed.

"My answer was these are things the court will determine," Allawi was quoted as saying.

Since his capture in December, Saddam has been held in U.S. detention at an undisclosed location awaiting trial on broad charges of killing rivals, gassing Kurds, invading Kuwait and suppressing uprisings. Eleven of Saddam's top lieutenants also face trial.

Allawi said Saddam's cousin, Barzan al-Tikriti, also imprisoned, had sent a similar message in which he tried to exonerate and distance himself from Saddam. "Others did the same," Allawi said.

Allawi said Saddam was "depressed and broken in spirit" when he was escorted to court on July 1 in Baghdad to face charges: "He was shaking noticeably. He thought things would run as they did during his times, that is, that they were going to execute him. He was not reassured until he saw the judges and the media and television."

Allawi said he has not yet met Saddam in prison, saying he might do that after the court decision "so as not to have any influence on the trial, which we want to be fair and legal."

In an interview with ABC's "This Week," Allawi also said that Saddam and his lieutenants would go on trial soon. "Roughly speaking, I think October," Allawi said in the interview Sunday, adding that the evidence against Saddam was "overwhelming."

The death penalty has been restored in Iraq after it was suspended during the U.S. administration of Iraq. It is not clear if Saddam would be executed if convicted.
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all the while, Saddam whimpers... Qasrani - Tuesday, September 21 2004, 3:46:14 (CEST)
- Re: all the while, Saddam whimpers... Tony - 09/21 03:54
  - Re: all the while, Saddam whimpers... Qasrani - 09/21 04:28
    - Re: all the while, Saddam whimpers... Tony - 09/21 04:50

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