Saddam Hussein in a lawsuit against The Sun

Al-Jazeera television reported yesterday that the lawyers representing former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein are about to sue the British tabloid for the intimate photos printed last week.

The leader of the lawyers' team, Ziad Khassawneh stated they would "pursue all the necessary legal steps to see to it that those who commit such base acts against any prisoner, and especially against president Saddam, are punished." In his opinion the photos printed in The Sun under the headline "Tyrant in his pants" are a "violation of human rights and in contravention of the Geneva Convention" on treatment of prisoners.

The same pictures published in The Sun, together with other pictures borrowed as "exclusive", were also printed in the US tabloid newspaper The New York Post, under the headline "Butcher of Baghdad".
Australian-born media tycoon Rupert Murdoch owns both tabloids.

According to Associated Press, only "a small sum" was paid for the photos taken inside the safely guarded place Saddam Hussein is being detained.

While the Pentagon officials stated their anger and requested a thorough military investigation, some "senior British military source" is quoted by The Sun as having said that "commanders on the ground will be secretly quite pleased. It is a morale blow to the resistance to see their great leader so humbled".

Nevertheless, this scandal did not turn into a body blow to the insurgent movement in Iraq, as the rebels are fighting for their country, not for their former leader. In the same time, even his oponents declare they are disgusted by the photos which are considered a humilliation.