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Try Hussein Here, Say Iraqis

December 28, 2003

(CPOD) Dec. 28, 2003 - Iraqis want former leader Saddam Hussein to be tried in their country, according to a poll by the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies. 60 per cent of respondents say a local tribunal should judge Hussein.

Coalition soldiers captured Hussein in Adwar --near his hometown of Tikrit-- on Dec. 13. The deposed leader was found in a camouflaged, ventilated "spider hole."

Several questions remain regarding Hussein's possible trial. Bush suggested the deposed leader should face the "ultimate penalty" if convicted of war crimes, but United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan claimed the world organization "does not support the death penalty."

Due to personal safety concerns, polling was not conducted in Tikrit. Two interviewers were attacked for asking questions about the deposed leader, and 50 respondents declined to offer any answers for fears of retaliation.

Polling Data

How should Saddam Hussein be tried?

By an Iraqi tribunal

60%

By an International tribunal

25%


Source: Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies
Methodology: Interviews to 1,000 Iraqis in eight cities, conducted in December 2003. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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