"We Have More Than One Guantanamo In Iraq"

"We Have More Than One Guantanamo In Iraq"
-- British Anti-War Lawyer Representing Tariq Aziz Arrested After
Charging Blair With War Crimes

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We go to Britain to speak with Abdul Haq Al-Ani who was released on
bond after being arrested for allegedly helping break sanctions
against Iraq. He is representing former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
Tariq Aziz and is separatedly charging Prime Minister Tony Blair and
members of the cabinet with war crimes.

A human rights lawyer representing Saddam Hussein's former Deputy
Prime Minister Tariq Aziz was arrested in London last week. Abdul Haq
Al-Ani was arrested by Britain's Customs and Excise and charged under
Section 3C of the Iraq and Kuwait (United Nations Sanctions) Order
1990 which states that "no person shall do any act calculated to
promote the supply or delivery of any goods to any person in Iraq or
Kuwait or for the purpose of any business carried on in Iraq".

He was released on bond and ordered to return for further questioning
in eight weeks. He is the first person in Britain to be arrested in
connection with the Iraq sanctions. But international lawyers rights
organizations say the arrest of Abdul Haq Al-Ani, who is a British
barrister, is political.

He has been an active opponent of the invasion and occupation of Iraq
and was a vigorous campaigner against the more than decade of economic
sanctions against Iraq. Shortly after the occupation began, Al-Ani
traveled to Iraq to investigate US and British war crimes.

Two weeks ago, shortly before his arrest, Al-Ani along with a number
of other British lawyers had recently handed a petition to Scotland
Yard asking the police to investigate war crimes allegedly committed
by Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of the cabinet.

    * Abdul Haq Al-Ani, is a London-based barrister. He is currently
the lawyer representing former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.

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