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Saddam Hussein: Trials
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The trial for Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants is over for the day and, as usual, the curtains are drawn to mark the session's end. Only this time, the curtains aren't fully drawn. Where the curtains should meet is a gap wide enough to allow a view into the courtroom.
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Nine days after the execution of Saddam Hussein, charges for a 1980s Kurd massacre were dropped against him. The late dictator's hanging stemmed from a separate trial for the murders of 148 Shiites.
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An outburst by Saddam Hussein prompts the former dictator's ejection from a Baghdad courtroom. Saddam is on trial for actions against the Kurds during the 1980s. The trial has a new judge after the first judge was removed over accusations that he was biased in favor of the defense.
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According to an unnamed “legal expert,” trials for some of Saddam Hussein’s officials will likely begin in several weeks. Although the Iraqi Special Tribunal has not yet formally charged these former Baath party detainees, investigative judges will hand over their evidentiary findings to the five trial judges within weeks. This Associated Press article speculates that the tribunal may order the death penalty if the defendants are found guilty.
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Saddam Hussein was shown with a full beard and hair longer and curlier than his familiar appearance, which a barber later restored. His identity was later reportedly confirmed by DNA testing. He was described as being in good health and as "talkative and co-operative." Bremer said that Saddam would be tried, but that the details of his trial had not yet been determined. Members of the Governing Council who spoke with Saddam after his capture reported that he was unrepentant, claiming to have been a "firm but just ruler." Later it emerged that the tip-off which led to his capture came from a detainee under interrogation.
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[T]he crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime were not just in the future when Rumsfeld came bearing gifts in 1983. Saddam’s large-scale atrocities had been going on for a long time. Among them were the methodical torture and murders in Dujail that have been front-paged this week in coverage of the former dictator’s trial; they occurred 17 months before Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad.
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