Details of the "manipulation" of Saddam Hussein's trial... an American diplomat reveals the hidden facts

The former US ambassador to Iraq, Robert Ford, said that the trial of Saddam Hussein and the other defendants witnessed many violations and was not "perfect", ahead of the fifteenth anniversary of the execution of the former Iraqi president.

"The trial itself was undoubtedly problematic, as some defense lawyers were assassinated, which is terrible, and during the trial itself, the prosecution sometimes presented evidence without allowing the defense to see it first, until the defense was amazed by the new evidence," Ford told Sputnik.

At the same time, the prosecution found many documents signed by Saddam Hussein and other defendants, which directly implicated them in the charges of the Dujail massacres, according to the former ambassador.

And Abizaid Ford: "So there was really no doubt that Saddam and the other defendants were guilty of the crimes, but the process itself was certainly not perfect."

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006, the night before the start of one of the most important Islamic holidays, Eid al-Adha.

Saddam Hussein managed to avoid capture for six months after the United States invaded Iraq on the pretext of searching for weapons of mass destruction in 2003.

In December of that year, he was arrested near his hometown, Tikrit, and the first session of the Special Court was held in July 2004, and the court convicted Hussein of the charges against him and sentenced him to death by hanging on November 5, 2006.

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