KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Kuwait has completed nearly 200 files to prosecute officials of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his government for the crimes they committed against Kuwait during the 1990 invasion, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Saturday.

    Mohammad Bu Zobar, a member of Kuwaiti War Crimes Committee, was quoted as saying that the Kuwaiti public attorney filed an official complaint to the Iraqi authorities and sent most of the files to Iraq so that concerned authorities there could begin investigating the crimes.

    People named in the files by the Kuwaiti committee are former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, eight of his close assistants, and 293 officials in the former Iraqi regime, according to KUNA.

    Bu Zobar said the Kuwaiti complaint against the former Iraqi regime includes the legal descriptions of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the use of arms against Kuwait.

    He said crimes against humanity include abducting 605 people and denying their existence, while war crimes include intentional killing, torture, humiliation, serious offenses, looting, demolishing and damaging the environment.

    Commenting on Kuwait's participation in the trial, Bu Zobar said the Iraqi authorities is the one to decide on this matter, adding that the Kuwaiti files are still being studied by the Iraqi authorities.

    Former Kuwaiti Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said last year that Kuwait would demand capital punishment for Saddam and his assistants in accordance with the Iraqi laws. Enditem