It's all over the radio this morning. Saddam, Saddam, Saddam!
I thought they would get this one going for the U.S. election last fall, but they kept the ace card in their pocket for an emergency, such as indictments. Get ready now! Saddam, Saddam, Saddam, torture, murder, rape rooms, gassed his own people.
Once-feared Saddam faces judgement day http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051018/ts_afp/iraqsaddamjustice_051018104551;_ylt=AuLUhGFBtuQYotBfh.tvnnqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-BAGHDAD (AFP) - Once feared by many, still loved by some, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein gets his day in court in the first of what is likely to be several trials on atrocities he allegedly committed during his decades in power.
The much-anticipated trial begins Wednesday amid high security and a veil of secrecy just four days after the country held a largely peaceful referendum on a proposal for a new constitution.
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Other charges that Saddam, now 68, is likely to face include the gassing of 5,000 people in the Kurdish village of Halabja in March 1988; the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, during which around one million people were killed; the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and the violent suppression of a Shiite uprising the following year.
These high-profile cases however have been put aside for an otherwise obscure case: the 1982 killing of 143 residents of the Shiite village of Dujail, allegedly as revenge for an attempt on his life.
Saddam is charged along with three former top lieutenants and four local Baath party officials. All face the death penalty if found guilty.