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AMMAN (JORDAN), NOV. 22. Members of the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein's regime are considering suing the Bush administration in the World Court for alleged war crimes in Iraq, the chief of the former leader's legal team said on Monday. Ziad al-Khasawneh said that the Jordan-based defence team could not initiate legal action on its own against the U.S. Government in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands, because the tribunal refuses to hear any individual cases. ``Since the World Court doesn't accept cases from individuals, the lawsuit could be filed on behalf of members of President Saddam's government,'' Mr. Al-Khasawneh said. He declined to identify any former Iraqi officials who might bring such a suit, or say if they were in Iraq or abroad. It was not immediately clear if the lawsuit — if it were filed — would create a legal precedent or whether the World Court has heard cases previously from toppled governments. ``We are toying with the idea of filing the lawsuit,'' said Mr. Al-Khasawneh, who heads the legal team appointed by Mr. Hussein's wife, Sajida. He said the latest American incursion into the troubled city of Fallujah, including the killing of an apparently unarmed and wounded Iraqi by a U.S. Marine at a mosque, was ``one of scores of examples of American atrocities.'' Mr. Al-Khasawneh said the legal team was also encouraged by the U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan's statements describing Iraq's invasion as ``illegal.'' In September, Mr. Annan told BBC that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq ``was not in conformity with the U.N. Charter from our point of view. From the Charter point of view, it was illegal.''
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