BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leaders have set
up a tribunal of judges and prosecutors to try former President Saddam Hussein and other members of his Baathist regime, a
spokesman announced Tuesday.. . .
A committee of Iraq's Governing Council
selected Chalabi as head of the court under a law passed earlier by the council and approved by the top U.S. administrator,
L. Paul Bremer. The Iraqi National Congress has a seat on the committee.
The choice could prove controversial.
Chalabi, a longtime exile, is mistrusted as an outsider by many Iraqis, who are eager to see Saddam prosecuted by his own
people. Some observers said changes could be made in the high-profile tribunal after the creation of a new government on June
30.
