Saddam says Shi'ite-run ministry kills thousands

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Saddam says Shi'ite-run ministry kills thousands


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ousted President Saddam Hussein, on trial for crimes against humanity, accused Iraq's new Shi'ite-run Interior Ministry of killing and torturing thousands of Iraqis when he returned to court on Wednesday.

Sunni Arabs, who were dominant during his rule, accuse the ministry of running death squads and Saddam said it was now the "side that kills thousands in the street and tortures them".

Saddam, who could face death by hanging, remained defiant one day after the court announced new charges that he ordered genocide against the ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s.

When the judge interrupted him, Saddam said: "If you're scared of the interior minister, he doesn't scare my dog."

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1. he is clever one isn't he!

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Give The Devil His Due

The only difference between Saddam and the Interior Ministry are the official denials.