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Iraq Cabinet announces reforms to de-Baathification law
April 8, 2013 by Peter Snyder
The Iraqi Cabinet announced an amendment to the De-Baathification law on Monday that would allow thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath party to serve in the public sector and receive pensions. The proposed amendment would allow former Baath party branch chiefs to rejoin.... [more]
Iraq judicial panel rejects dismissal of top judge
February 19, 2013 by Julie Deisher
An Iraqi judicial panel has rejected the Justice and Accountability Committee's recent decision to remove chief judge Medhat al-Mahmoud from office. The Committee decided remove al-Mahmoud last over alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath party. The judicial panel, which reviews decisions made by.... [more]
Iraq chief judge removed from office over ties to Saddam Hussein
February 14, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
Iraq's Justice and Accountability Committee announced Thursday that the country's chief judge Medhat al-Mahmoud has been been removed from his office over ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath party. The committee, which is responsible for removing former Baath party members, explained that Wednesday's.... [more]
Federal judge dismisses Iraq oil-for-food corruption lawsuit
February 7, 2013 by Addison Morris
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday dismissed an Iraqi government lawsuit accusing numerous business entities of conspiring with Saddam Hussein to disrupt the UN Oil-for-Food Program, thereby denying Iraqi citizens access to approximately $10.... [more]
War crimes investigators uncovered mass graves in Iraq [this day at law]
October 14, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On October 14, 2004, UN investigators discovered a mass grave site in Hatra, which is thought to contain bodies of several thousand Kurds in nine separate trenches. In peparation for the war crimes trial against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, investigators began exhuming the grave sites in.... [more]
Danish supplier admitted role in UN oil-for-food fraud [this day at law]
August 19, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On August 19, 2005, Danish industrial pipe production company Grundfos admitted to paying bribes to Iraqi authorities of Saddam Hussein's government under the UN oil-for-food program, which was created to exchange Iraqi oil for food and medicine in 1996. An internal Grundfos investigation.... [more]
Former Saddam Hussein official released from prison
July 10, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Former Interior Minister of Iraq Mahmoud Thiab al-Ahmed, who served under former dictator Saddam Hussein, was released from prison on Tuesday after serving an eight-year sentence for his part in draining the marshes in Southern Iraq. Saddam had accused people living in the marsh areas of being.... [more]
Iraq executes former Saddam Hussein official
June 7, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The Iraqi government has executed Abid Hamid Mahmud, a former bodyguard and secretary of Saddam Hussein, an official from the Iraqi Justice Ministry said Thursday. Mahmud was sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 alongside former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz and one.... [more]
UK PM defended legality of Iraq invasion [this day at law]
March 5, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On March 5, 2010, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended the intelligence supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq before The Iraq Inquiry. Brown claimed that the decision to invade the county only came after the UN had passed fourteen ineffectual resolutions against Saddam Hussein's regime. Brown's.... [more]
Iraq parliament passed bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath members [this day at law]
January 12, 2012 by Meagan McElroy
On January 12, 2008, the Iraqi parliament approved a bill allowing members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath Party not charged with crimes to be reinstated to public life. The Iraqi De-Baathification Commission had forced the removal of almost 30,000 members of the party from public office..... [more]
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