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:: 11.08.2005 ::
:: "Another Lawyer in Hussein's Trial Is Slain by Gunmen" ::
From The New York Times By JOHN F. BURNS
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 8 - Gunmen today ambushed two more defense lawyers involved in the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and his underlings, killing one and deepening the obstacles to plans for a resumption of the war crimes trial by an Iraqi tribunal here later this month.
It was the second such killing of a defense lawyer in less than three weeks.
Police spokesmen said the attack, in a western suburb of Baghdad, involved two lawyers representing Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former vice president under Mr. Hussein and a prominent co-defendant. The second lawyer was wounded and taken to a hospital, where he was reported to be in serious condition.
On Oct. 20, gunmen killed the lead lawyer for another defendant in the trial, the former chief judge of Mr. Hussein's revolutionary court.
The police said the ambush today appeared to have been carefully planned, with three carloads of gunmen attacking the lawyers' car as it drove through the suburb of al-Adel at lunchtime.
Attackers in one car then boldly followed the ambulance carrying the surviving lawyer to the Yarmouk hospital, the police said, perhaps looking for a second chance to kill him. The spokesman said there were no immediate suspects.
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