500 call Saddam's return to power
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-22 16:43
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Some 500 people demonstrated in Saddam Hussein's hometown on
Friday, demanding his return to power, organizers said.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
while the prosecutor addresses the court during his trial in Baghdad,
September 19, 2006. [Reuters] |
The crowd gathered before a mosque in Tikrit at the behest of two religious
organizations, the Association of Muslim Scholars and the Tikrit Shura Council.
Saddam is currently on trial on genocide charges in Baghdad. The crowd
demanded his release, and for him to be allowed to resume power, said Mohammed
Talib Jassim, head of the Tikrit Shura Council.
They also condemned Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks on Islam and violence,
called on U.S. and Iraqi army raids to stop, and demanded the release of
prisoners taken from Tikrit by coalition forces.
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