The Iraqi Special Tribunal, tasked with prosecuting former dictator Saddam Hussein and his henchmen, is contemplating a change to its founding statute in preparation for purging the court of suspected Ba'ath party loyalists.
A group of IST officials, including the tribunal's chief investigative judge Ra'id Juhi, met politicians informally over the weekend, apparently to request changes to its mandate that would allow tribunal judges to be sacked.
