Red Cross asks to visit Saddam Hussein
Iraq, Politics, 12/31/2003

The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC) asked the American occupation forces in Iraq to permit it to visit the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

The spokesman for the ICRC, Florian Westfal, said "we are continuously talking to the Americans over the prisoners of war and other detainees in Iraq, and in the course of our contacts, we raised the issue of Saddam Hussein's case."

The ICRC spokesman said that "in his personal capacity, Saddam Hussein, is entitled to the protection of Geneva agreements, and that Saddam Hussein has the right to be visited by the ICRC," noting that the Geneva agreement does not specify a certain period for the visit of the prisoner. But he explained that the " general idea is that the visit should be made "as soon as possible."

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