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15. Guardian Utd (Tuesday): Saddam trial to open with village massacre

Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 07:06 PM by Jack Rabbit

From the Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Dated Tuesday June 7

Saddam trial to open with village massacre
By Rory Carroll in Baghdad

A little-known massacre at a village where residents tried to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 will be the focus of the first case in the trial of the former Iraqi president, it emerged yesterday.

Dozens of people were killed in reprisal after the president's convoy was fired on as it drove through Dujail, a predominantly Shia farming village 40 miles north of Baghdad.

Though the incident happened almost 25 years ago, the availability of documents and witnesses willing to testify has emboldened prosecutors to make it the opening case in the trial.

The special tribunal set up to try Saddam, 68, and his top aides will start hearings within two months, and Dujail will be the first of up to 14 cases against the former dictator, a government spokesman said yesterday.

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