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Cornyn Statement on Pre-Trial Hearing of Saddam Hussein

Date: July 1, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Foreign Affairs


CORNYN STATEMENT ON PRE-TRIAL HEARING OF SADDAM HUSSEIN

Iraqis will now see for themselves what life is like under a democracy, Cornyn says

WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, made the following statement Thursday regarding the pre-trial hearing of Saddam Hussein:

"It now appears that Saddam Hussein is one step closer to receiving a fair and public trial, which is in sharp contrast to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens who lie in mass graves and will never receive a trial under his government.

"This pre-trial hearing is yet another strong indicator that Iraq will now be governed by the rule of law and not by the rule of a tyrant. This is another example for the Iraqi people who will begin to see for themselves what life in a democracy, under a representative government respecting the rule of law, will be like. And this is further evidence of America's intentions, which were not to occupy Iraq, but rather to liberate Iraq and create a free Iraq for generations to come."

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