Posted on 04/05/2006 12:24:09 AM PDT by HAL9000
The lawsuit of Saddam Hussein began again in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - the lawsuit of Saddam Hussein in the business of the massacre of villager Shiites of Doujaïl took again Wednesday in front of the High Iraqi penal court in Baghdad, noted a journalist of AFP.
The deposed president entered only the courtroom where it must continue his deposition and answer the questions of the Attorney General.
Live coverage on CNN now.
Saddam now ranting about how he doesn't want to give a handwriting sample to the court.
The translators on all three channels are terrible! Only CNN is still showing it but I'm going to have to turn it off and go to bed. Saddam says 10 words and the translator says one. Who can follow it?
Saddam charged with genocide
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/04/05/news/nation_world/doc44336422b88b3333360441.txt
Iraq’s special criminal court filed genocide charges against Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, charging that the deposed dictator ordered a series of military attacks in 1988 that killed as many as 100,000 Kurds.
Six aides, including Saddam’s cousin, Ali Hassan Majid, known as Chemical Ali, also would stand trial for the Anfal campaign, which included attacks against civilian populations using mustard gas and sarin nerve agent.
The trial could prove far more complex and sweeping in scope than the ongoing Dujail case, which involves the massacre of at least 148 Shiite townspeople in 1982. That trial is scheduled to resume today with testimony from Saddam.
Tribunal officials said they have accumulated a vast body of evidence, including Baathist command documents and hundreds of witness statements, to present at the genocide trial. Investigators exhumed mass graves throughout the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan and conducted forensic tests that allegedly confirm traces of banned chemical agents.
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Never forget:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518385/posts
Iraqi's Thank America (Wow, this is moving!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1609433/posts?page=5#5
Miztiki, StillProud is our FR translator :)
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