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Red Cross pays visit to Saddam
From correspondents in Amman
25nov04
THE International Committee of the Red Cross said today its staff had recently visited deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who is in US custody awaiting trial on war crimes charges.
But the ICRC declined to give details about Saddam's state of health, following reports of several problems.
"The ICRC discussed (Saddam's) state of health with the detaining party while underlining the right of every prisoner to medical supervision in accordance with the Geneva conventions," spokesman Mwein Kais told AFP in Amman.
It is the fifth visit by the ICRC to Saddam since his capture by US forces in December last year, but Kais declined to say exactly when it took place.
The Iraqi defence minister said Tuesday that Saddam, who is in US custody in Iraq, would face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity before the end of the year.
In September, The New York Times said Saddam had been treated for an enlarged prostate gland, hernia problems and eye trouble.
He refused a surgical biopsy to determine whether his prostate condition is cancerous, but a US official said "there is no health issue that would prevent him standing trial."
The Iraqi interior minister who visited Saddam in September said he was "in good health and did not seem to have lost his arrogance".
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