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Khamis al-Obeidi

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Al-Obeidi was the third member of Saddam Hussein's defense team to be killed since the trial started. He had previously spoken out against the two previous killings of defense lawyers, and the lack of security measures for him and his colleagues. Despite this, he had chosen to continue living in the
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Saddam embarked upon a new hunger strike over al-Obeidi's killing on July 7, 2006, and required hospitalisation on July 23, 2006. The trial continued in his absence. He ended this second hunger strike after 18 days, and reappeared in court.
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with the intent of continuing until their defense team was provided international protection. However, the trial's chief prosecutor
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at approximately 7 AM, reportedly by men in Iraqi police uniform, and shot dead on June 21, 2006. His body was found near the
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Al-Obeidi's death prompted Saddam Hussein, along with the seven co-defendants, to go on a
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The killing occurred shortly before the final phase of Saddam Hussein's trial, and
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believe the murder of al-Obeidi to be the work of a warlord who goes by the name '
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Saddam asks to be shot, not 'hanged like a criminal' | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited
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Saddam ended his hunger strike on June 23, 2006, having missed only one meal.
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stated, "We will continue with the trial and will not be deterred."
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Al-Obeidi was abducted from his house in the Adhamiya district of
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on October 19, 2005, until his assassination. He was a
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Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Arabic
lawyer
Saddam Hussein
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
the former leader's trial
Baghdad
Sunni Muslim
Baghdad
Shia
Sadr City
Khalil al-Dulaimi
Interior Ministry
death squads
Sadr City
Abu Dereh
capital
hunger strike
Jaafar al-Moussawi
Amnesty International
Adel al-Zubeidi
Taha Yassin Ramadan
Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi
Awad Hamed al-Bandar


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