DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004 Saddam trial lacks 'smoking gun' evidence, witnesses:
"Prosecutors are struggling to build a case against Saddam Hussein because they lack both witnesses and evidence to prove the ousted Iraqi dictator is guilty of atrocities, according to a British official quoted by The Times on Monday.
Although the US-led coalition has caught 40 of the 55 people on its list of 'most-wanted' Iraqis linked to Saddam's former regime, none of them will testify for the prosecution, the unnamed official said.
'It's the fear factor,' he explained. 'Saddam may be in custody but the other detainees know from past experience that if they turned 'Queen's evidence', revenge would be taken against members of their families'.
The newspaper's source also said the Iraqi dictator, ousted by the US and British invasion in March 2003, had hidden any written proof of his direct responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity."
"Prosecutors are struggling to build a case against Saddam Hussein because they lack both witnesses and evidence to prove the ousted Iraqi dictator is guilty of atrocities, according to a British official quoted by The Times on Monday.
Although the US-led coalition has caught 40 of the 55 people on its list of 'most-wanted' Iraqis linked to Saddam's former regime, none of them will testify for the prosecution, the unnamed official said.
'It's the fear factor,' he explained. 'Saddam may be in custody but the other detainees know from past experience that if they turned 'Queen's evidence', revenge would be taken against members of their families'.
The newspaper's source also said the Iraqi dictator, ousted by the US and British invasion in March 2003, had hidden any written proof of his direct responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity."
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