FSIA in Saddam Petition

The now moot petition filed on December 29, 2006 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia In re: Saddam Hussein, docket number 1:-5MS00566, raises, inter alia, issues under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

The complaint was served on the Pentagon and the Department of State. It argues that the United States had arranged for a meeting of Saddam and his counsel on January 4, 2007 to enable the former U.S. ally's lawyers to hand him a civil complaint of October 28, 2006 which had been served on them.

Due process would require the suspension of his execution until Saddam would have had an opportunity to consult with counsel, the brief claims. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.

Sat, 11:17:00 30 Dec 2006 / Embassy Law Link

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