Lawyer for Saddam co-defendant killed
A lawyer working for one of the co-defendants of ousted president Saddam Hussein on trial on crimes against humanity was shot dead by armed men in Baghdad yesterday, while a colleague was wounded, interior ministry and legal sources said.
Adel Mohammed Abbas was killed when armed gunmen opened fire on him and lawyer Tamer Hammud Hadi at 1:30 pm (1030 GMT) in the Adl neighborhood of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
Abbas was a lawyer for former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, a member of the powerful Revolution Command Council who had been one of Saddam's closest aides. Ramadan was known as one of the regime's "enforcers".
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