Raghad Saddam refuses to transfer the body of her father and calls for the tribes to stop the implementation of the government's decision
Posted 30/03/2012 12:00 AM
BAGHDAD - immortality Amiri: rejected the clan of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his daughter Raghad transfer his remains to another place, after he proved the official documents that the hall where he was buried in the village of Awja the property of their people and not to stop the Sunni.
said Raghad Saddam said in a statement on behalf of the family, issued in conjunction with the Arab Summit in Baghdad: «reported to our knowledge the intention of the Iraqi government's body of President Saddam Hussein of the hall which houses the body in Awja, and was projected to the head and hug to his final resting place and we warn the government to make this decision».
She Raghad resident in Amman that «prevent the Iraqi government visit the grave of the late President and close it in the face of those who care about and honorable people of Iraq and the world who wish to visit, a witness to the hatred and injustice », and considered decision« evidence of the influence of foreign powers on the Authority in Iraq, which has become obeys about them ».
called «tribal leaders of Iraq, especially the elders and the Arab tribes and the Sons of Iraq steadfast fan of the late President of the Almoravids and the Mujahideen and the owners of the principles and ideology, religious leaders and decision makers from Arab officials to take serious steps and bold to stop this abuse and disregard ».
and the clan of Saddam Hussein, confirmed on 27 March, it received a formal letter from the Iraqi Interior Ministry demanding the closure burial site and the transfer of his remains to another place, while the administration announced that the province that they turned the topic to the provincial council in order to avoid problems.
said Falah Hassan al-Neda, the son of Sheikh Albu Nasir tribe in the village of Awja «life» that «Saddam's tribe decided to maintain the body in the hall of events that have already been buried by the fact that the ownership back to four of his relatives and not to the Sunni Waqf as the Interior Ministry said Iraq ».
The Neda that «the police department received another book called for the transfer of the body to the cemetery of the new public in the province located at the the city limits to Baghdad for the village of Awja, but stuck to the place where Saddam's clan did not implement the decision ». He added that «a internal bore style provocative and phrases reasons for Saddam Hussein, and do not know what you want from this procedure the man died and was all over, then we implemented the decision to prevent people from visiting the grave five months ago which has been closed since then».
sources in the province of Tikrit, that «the book evacuate the grave and raise the body responded by nearly two weeks to the Directorate of the police, who turned to the security committee in the provincial council and informed the family of Saddam thing».
The sources pointed out that «the provincial council and the governor and police chief of Salahuddin held an emergency session immediately after receipt of the book and discussed the matter and decided to make negotiations with the central government on the matter, but negotiations reached an impasse as the Lord is another two days ago, demanding the immediate implementation and the body was moved to the new cemetery ».
was the tomb of former Iraqi President closed to visitors for more than five months under the guidance of the government and took over the police command execution and retain the key.
, the rejection of Colonel Hatem al-Tikriti, director of media in the police Salah al-Din, the comment and told «life»: «I do not know anything about the subject, I do not want to speak with him ask another person».
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