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[ 17-07-2005 ]
Category
[ International Relations ]
sub-Categoy
[ Iraq ]
      [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8602407/

      Saddam Hussein charged
      First charges against ex-Iraqi dictator relate to '82 killings of Shiite Muslims
      Updated: 10:38 a.m. ET July 17, 2005

      BAGHDAD - Iraq's special tribunal has laid the first charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed under the former president's rule.

      The tribunal's chief investigating judge told a new conference in Baghdad on Sunday Saddam had been charged along with three others in connection with the killing of Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail, north of Baghdad, in 1982.

      The judge, Raed Jouhi, said court proceedings against Saddam and the others could begin "within days". He did not say when the charges had been made.

      According to Iraq's justice system there must be at least 45 days between charges being brought and a trial beginning.

      Diplomatic sources in Baghdad said Jouhi was probably referring to pre-trial motions rather than the trial itself when he referred to proceedings beginning within days.

      The other defendants are Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother and former head of Iraq's intelligence service; Taha Yasin Ramadan, a former deputy prime minister; and Awad Hamad al-Bander, former chief judge of Saddam's Revolutionary Court.

      The Dujail case was expected to be the first for which Saddam would be tried. It relates to the killing of villagers following an assassination attempt against Saddam as his convoy passed through the village, 35 miles north of Baghdad.

      Investigators have said that around 140 men were rounded up and killed by Saddam's security forces following the failed attack. Dujail is one of up to a dozen cases prosecutors are working on bringing against Saddam.

      Investigators have said Dujail is the best case to start with as they say the evidence is clear-cut, making the case more straight forward and increasing the possibility of a conviction.

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      © 2005 MSNBC.com


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