Iraqi bar association urges boycott of Saddam court

International News Article | Reuters.com:

"The Iraqi Bar Association on Sunday urged lawyers to stop working with the special court hearing the case against Saddam Hussein until the murder of a member of the defense team is solved.

The association also passed a resolution calling a one-day strike for Wednesday to protest the killing of Saadoun Janabi, who was bundled out of his Baghdad office last Thursday by heavily-armed men and later found dead of gunshot wounds.

'The crime was clear and witnessed, and it should be easy for any investigatory agency to solve, so arresting the killers should not be difficult,' bar association president Khamal Hamdoon Mulla Allawi told reporters.

'The purpose behind this assassination was to prevent lawyers from doing their duty. Protecting lawyers will be possible only if the killers are caught and put behind bars.'"