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08-24-2006, 12:05 AM
Meanwhile, from The KKKarl Rove School of Election Year Politics.........
UPDATED: 09:18, August 24, 2006
Saddam trial adjourned until Sept. 11
The second trial of Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein was adjourned on Wednesday for three weeks until Sept. 11, the Iraqi High Tribunal said.
The deposed president and his six codefendants were back in dock on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the anti- Kurdish Anfal campaign that slaughtered tens of thousand of Kurds.
Four Kurdish witnesses, three women and one man, testifies before a panel of judges on third session, accusing Saddam and his top commanders of ordering chemical attacks on their villages.
The witness, 45-year-old Adiba Owla Bayez, told the court one of her daughters died due to the chemical attack on her village, and since then she had had two miscarriages.
Bayez is the wife of the first Kurdish witness, Ali Mostafa Hama, who testifies on Tuesday.
Another female witness, Badriya Said Khidr, said nine members of her family died in a chemical attack, including her husband, son, father and mother.
The third woman, Bahiya Mustafa Mahmoud, also described the gas attack, and said that she had lost her husband during the Anfal campaign.
Moussa Abdullah Moussa, a former Kurdish guerrilla, appeared later on the witness booth, telling the court his village also underwent chemical attack and many families perished.
The prosecutor said more than one thousand testimonies from victims had been recorded and "65 to 75 witnesses will testify".
The court officials said the proceedings of the Anfal trial would last about four months.
Saddam's co-accused include his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid,
popularly known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly ordering poison gas attacks against Kurds. The defendants are all charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Saddam and al-Majid also face the charge of genocide.
If convicted, Saddam might face death penalty.
It is the second trial Saddam is standing.
The former Iraqi leader and seven others have been on a separate trial for allegedly killing 148 Shiites in the village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam near the village in 1982.
A verdict for the Dujail case is expected in October. Saddam will also face death penalty by hanging if found guilty.
Source: Xinhua
UPDATED: 09:18, August 24, 2006
Saddam trial adjourned until Sept. 11
The second trial of Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein was adjourned on Wednesday for three weeks until Sept. 11, the Iraqi High Tribunal said.
The deposed president and his six codefendants were back in dock on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the anti- Kurdish Anfal campaign that slaughtered tens of thousand of Kurds.
Four Kurdish witnesses, three women and one man, testifies before a panel of judges on third session, accusing Saddam and his top commanders of ordering chemical attacks on their villages.
The witness, 45-year-old Adiba Owla Bayez, told the court one of her daughters died due to the chemical attack on her village, and since then she had had two miscarriages.
Bayez is the wife of the first Kurdish witness, Ali Mostafa Hama, who testifies on Tuesday.
Another female witness, Badriya Said Khidr, said nine members of her family died in a chemical attack, including her husband, son, father and mother.
The third woman, Bahiya Mustafa Mahmoud, also described the gas attack, and said that she had lost her husband during the Anfal campaign.
Moussa Abdullah Moussa, a former Kurdish guerrilla, appeared later on the witness booth, telling the court his village also underwent chemical attack and many families perished.
The prosecutor said more than one thousand testimonies from victims had been recorded and "65 to 75 witnesses will testify".
The court officials said the proceedings of the Anfal trial would last about four months.
Saddam's co-accused include his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid,
popularly known as "Chemical Ali" for allegedly ordering poison gas attacks against Kurds. The defendants are all charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Saddam and al-Majid also face the charge of genocide.
If convicted, Saddam might face death penalty.
It is the second trial Saddam is standing.
The former Iraqi leader and seven others have been on a separate trial for allegedly killing 148 Shiites in the village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam near the village in 1982.
A verdict for the Dujail case is expected in October. Saddam will also face death penalty by hanging if found guilty.
Source: Xinhua