WAR: First Saddam Hussein Trial to Begin Soon, page 1
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Topic started on 5-6-2005 @ 10:02 PM by djohnsto77
The first trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is scheduled to begin by late summer or early fall, according to a senior Iraqi official. The trial covers charges that he participated in the killing of 162 men in Dujail, a predominatily Shiite village north of Baghdad. The Iraqi government has been under pressure to begin trying Saddam for his alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.




New York Times
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 5 - The Iraqi court set up to hear cases against Saddam Hussein and his top aides plans to bring him to trial by late summer or early fall in its first case, involving the 1982 killings of nearly 160 men from Dujail, a predominantly Shiite village north of Baghdad, after he survived an assassination attempt there, according to a senior Iraqi court official.

By scheduling an early trial for Mr. Hussein on a small fraction of the accusations against him, the Iraqi Special Tribunal has effectively ceded to pressure from Iraq's transitional government, settling a behind-the-scenes power struggle involving American lawyers who have guided the tribunal's work since the court was established last year.


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I'm happy that these trials will be begin sooner rather than later because it will bring some closure to the Iraqi people and end criticism that Saddam has been held too long without a trial. I'm sure the evidence presented will be clear and convincing that Saddam participated in hideous crimes and he will be punished accordingly.

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