| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein's oldest daughter told Al-Arabiya television network Tuesday the family of the former dictator will hire the best attorneys it can find to fight for her father.
In a phone interview, Raghad Hussein, 35, told the Arabic-language channel that the family believes Saddam was drugged after he surrendered to American troops.
"This is not our father," she said. "This is not how he would act."
Raghad said the family hopes that there will be a government in Iraq that is fair and not under the domination of the United States.
Raghad and her sister, Rana, 33, have been given asylum in Jordan.
Saddam was captured Saturday evening by soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division and Special Operations troops, who found him hiding in a hole near a ramshackle farm outside the north-central Iraqi town of Tikrit, the ousted leader's ancestral homeland.
The soldiers were preparing to throw a hand grenade into the hole -- standard procedure for their safety -- when a man raised his hands out and identified himself.
"I am Saddam Hussein," the bearded ex-leader said, the soldiers later told reporters. "I am president of Iraq. I want to negotiate."
The soldiers said they replied: "President Bush sends his regards."
First of all, who gives a sh*t if he was drugged. He should have been tortured. I like how he wanted to negotiate after they found him. haha too late for that. Does anyone else really think he should get an international trial? I think they should bring him back to the U.S. and put him in with the general population. Let the prisoners have their fun with him. |