ALARM - Verdict of the lawsuit of Saddam Hussein: opening of the audience
BAGHDAD - the audience of the High Iraqi penal court which must return its verdict in the lawsuit of Saddam Hussein for the execution of 148 villagers Shiites in years 1980 is opened Sunday with 11H25 (08H25 GMT) in the strengthened sector of the green zone.
Verdict of the lawsuit of Saddam Hussein: opening of the audienceBAGHDAD - the audience of the High Iraqi penal court which must return its verdict in the lawsuit of Saddam Hussein for the execution of 148 villagers Shiites in years 1980 is opened Sunday with 10H30 (07H30 GMT) in the strengthened sector of the green zone.
Judge Raouf Rachid Abdel Rahmane called Mohammed Azzam Al-Ali, one of the eight shown, but the others, whose former Iraqi president, are not present in the room of the court.
The Attorney General Jaafar Al-Moussaoui had asked for the abandonment of the continuations against Mohammed Azzam Al-Ali, old responsible local for the Baath party (dissolved).
Saddam Hussein, who directed the country of an iron hand of 1979 until her fall in April 2003, and seven former persons in charge for her mode, are continued for the massacre of 148 villagers Shiites of Doujaïl, killed in reprisals after an attack missed against the former president in 1982.
During the lawsuit which proceeded of October 19, 2005 to July 27, 2006, the death penalty was necessary against Saddam Hussein, 69 years, its half-brother, Barzan Al-Tikriti, former owner of the information at the time of the facts, and the former vice-president, Taha Yassin Ramadan.