SHOTLIST Baghdad - 5 September 2010 1. Mid of former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz 2. Close up of Aziz's hands holding his stick 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi foreign minister: ''I am 74 years old and I was sentenced to 23 years in prison, then I'll die. I have no future. I have no future.'' 4. Aziz walking out of room with the aid of a walking stick 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan, former interior minister and half brother of Saddam Hussein: ''We should forget the past and turn the page. Enough is enough. Even the sadists among us are filled with the blood of each other. Even the sadists, not just the ordinary people. The blood in Baghdad and Iraq has become flowing just like rivers. We have to have magnanimity, we should support each other.'' 6. Set up for Judge Nadhim Farman al-A'boodi, Chief of Criminal Court 7. Close up of Iraqi flag 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Judge Nadhim Farman al-A'boodi, Chief of Criminal Court: ''In fact, the Americans were responsible for those defendants and they were bearing a heavy burden when they detained those people. They (the Americans) were responsible for bringing them to court and after the end of trial, they returned them to prison. While now, the problem is very difficult because those persons (the defendants) are very rich and have a lot of money and they can lure any of their guards. So we are very keen not to have any security violation among ranks of the guards who are responsible for bringing the prisoners from and to jails.'' 9. Wide of Al-A'boodi FILE: Baghdad - Exact date unknown 9. Emblem of Justice Ministry 10. Chief Judge Raouf Abdul-Rahman 11. Wide of defendants in dock, Aziz on the far right 12. Close-up of Aziz 13. Mid of judge 14. Close-up of Ibrahim al-Hassan 15. Mid of defendants standing STORYLINE The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime said on Sunday he believes he'll die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence. During a brief interview with The Associated Press, Tariq Aziz said that considering he is 74 and facing a lengthy prison sentence, he will likely die behind bars. Aziz served for years as foreign minister for Saddam Hussein, establishing an international reputation as the defender of the late dictator's regime. He surrendered to United States forces about a month after the war started in March 2003. He was held at an American prison in Baghdad until the US handed over control of the facility this July to the Iraqi government. Aziz was handed over as well. The English-speaking Aziz, who was a rare Christian in Saddam's inner circle, has been convicted in two cases stemming from the Saddam-era. Last year, he was convicted and sentenced to 15 years for his role in the 1992 execution of 42 merchants found guilty of profiteering. He also received a 7-year prison sentence for a case involving the forced displacement of Kurds in northern Iraq. Aziz is currently on trial in a long-running case in which he is accused of being part of a campaign targeting members of the Shiite Dawa Party, of which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a member. Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan, former Interior Minister and half brother of Saddam Hussein, who is also a defendant in the case spoke on Sunday urging mercy. "We should forget the past and turn the page. Enough is enough," he said. When Aziz was transferred from US to Iraqi custody in July, his family said they were worried for his health in the Iraqi-run prison. Aziz has suffered several strokes, and during recent court appearances has shuffled to and fro in the courtroom with the aid of a cane. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e504a781c3c9a668fea44851fd407e28 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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