Iran sues Saddam

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From correspondents in Iraq
May 28, 2006

IRAN has filed a lawsuit against ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for his regime's 1980s war against Teheran, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a joint statement with his Iraqi counterpart.

"The two sides, noting the crimes committed by Saddam Hussein's regime in its aggression against the people of Iraq, Iran and Kuwait, confirmed the need to seek justice for that," the statement read.

"To this end the Iranian Republic has passed on to the foreign ministry of Iraq a complaint against Saddam and his agents for examination by the Iraqi High Tribunal", where Saddam already faces charges of crimes against humanity, the statement added ..

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19282547-1702,00.html

Maybe they should sue Donny, too ...

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1. Iran and Iraq to Work on Sealing Border Against Insurgents

By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: May 28, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 27 — Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki of Iran, on the second day of his visit to Iraq, said Saturday that the two countries had agreed to form a joint commission to oversee border issues and that its primary task would be to "block saboteurs" crossing the 700-mile border.

"We plan to form a joint commission between Iran and Iraq to control our borders and block the way to saboteurs whose aim is to destabilize the security of the two countries," Mr. Mottaki said in Najaf after talks with Iraq's most powerful Shiite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Mr. Mottaki, who was taking part in only the second by an official Iranian government delegation since the downfall of Saddam Hussein, said improved border controls would be part of a wide effort to build close ties between the countries, including $1 billion in Iranian economic assistance to Shiite and Kurdish areas of Iraq ..

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/world/middleeast/28iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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3. they mean Kurds, not the others nt

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2. Iranian minister thanks Iraqi cleric for unity efforts

By Khaled Farhan
Reuters
Saturday, May 27, 2006; 11:10 AM

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met leading Iraqi cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday in one of Iraq's holiest cities and thanked him for promoting unity between Iraq's groups ..

Mottaki's convoy braved one of Iraq's most dangerous roads to reach Najaf, underscoring the city's importance.

His only other mode of transportation to Najaf would have been U.S. helicopters used by other visiting officials but that appeared to be an unacceptable option at a time of high tensions between Tehran and Washington ..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/27/AR2006052700474.html

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4. Iraq Supports Iran's 'Peaceful' Nuclear Activities

By M. Alihan Hasanoglu, Cihan News Agency, Bagdat (Baghdad)
Published: Saturday, May 27, 2006
zaman.com

.. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gave the message to his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki, who came to Bagdat (Baghdad) to support the new government, that “Iran has the right to conduct peaceful nuclear activities.” They do not want any neighboring country to have weapons of mass destruction, Zebari added ..

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=33452

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5. If this suit is allowed to stand, Rumsfeld, Reagan, and Poppy Bush

could be named as co-defendants.

Not to mention if * tries anything funny with missiles against Iran, if the country survives so to speak, it will have a basis of a future suit against this country wholesale.