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Saddam formally charged


The first criminal case stems from a 1982 massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against the former leader. Iraq's special tribunal has laid the first formal charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed during his 25-year rule and proceedings could begin "within days", the tribunal said on Sunday (...) The case is seen as relatively minor compared to accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity that have also been levelled at the former president. But investigators say it may be easier to prove Saddam's personal culpability in the smaller case, leading to a swift conviction and possible death sentence...

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Saddam formally charged

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Baghdad, July 17, 2005 - The first criminal case stems from a 1982 massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against the former leader.

Iraq's special tribunal has laid the first formal charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed during his 25-year rule and proceedings could begin "within days", the tribunal said on Sunday.

Its chief investigating judge told a news conference in Baghdad Saddam had been charged, with three others, with killings of Shi'ite Muslims in the village of Dujail in 1982.

The case is seen as relatively minor compared to accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity that have also been levelled at the former president. But investigators say it may be easier to prove Saddam's personal culpability in the smaller case, leading to a swift conviction and possible death sentence.

The judge, Raed Jouhi, said court proceedings could begin within days. Under Iraq's justice system at least 45 days must elapse between the filing of charges and the start of a trial. Mr Jouhi did not say when the charges announced on Sunday had been filed.

The other defendants are Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother and former head of Iraq's intelligence service; Taha Yasin Ramadan, former vice president; and Awad Hamad al-Bander, former chief judge of Saddam's Revolutionary Court. The Dujail case relates to the killing of an estimated 140 residents after an attempt to assassinate Saddam as his convoy passed through the village, 60 km north of Baghdad.

The retribution is also alleged to have included jailing hundreds of women and children from the town in southern Iraq and destroying the date palm groves that sustained Dujail.

Saddam formally charged
Baghdad, Reuters:
The first criminal case stems from a 1982 massacre of dozens of Shiite villagers in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against the former leader.

Iraq's special tribunal has laid the first formal charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed during his 25-year rule and proceedings could begin "within days", the tribunal said on Sunday.

Its chief investigating judge told a news conference in Baghdad Saddam had been charged, with three others, with killings of Shi'ite Muslims in the village of Dujail in 1982.

The case is seen as relatively minor compared to accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity that have also been levelled at the former president. But investigators say it may be easier to prove Saddam's personal culpability in the smaller case, leading to a swift conviction and possible death sentence.

The judge, Raed Jouhi, said court proceedings could begin within days. Under Iraq's justice system at least 45 days must elapse between the filing of charges and the start of a trial. Mr Jouhi did not say when the charges announced on Sunday had been filed.

The other defendants are Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half-brother and former head of Iraq's intelligence service; Taha Yasin Ramadan, former vice president; and Awad Hamad al-Bander, former chief judge of Saddam's Revolutionary Court. The Dujail case relates to the killing of an estimated 140 residents after an attempt to assassinate Saddam as his convoy passed through the village, 60 km north of Baghdad.

The retribution is also alleged to have included jailing hundreds of women and children from the town in southern Iraq and destroying the date palm groves that sustained Dujail.

Other trials soon

Dujail is among a dozen cases that prosecutors are working to bring against Saddam amid increasing pressure from Iraq's new Shi'ite-led government for the former president to be brought to justice nearly two years after he was captured. Mr Jouhi said Saddam and half a dozen of his former lieutenants, including his feared cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali", and Tareq Aziz, a former deputy prime minister, could also be charged in other cases soon.

Dujail is among a dozen cases that prosecutors are working to bring against Saddam amid increasing pressure from Iraq's new Shi'ite-led government for the former president to be brought to justice nearly two years after he was captured. Mr Jouhi said Saddam and half a dozen of his former lieutenants, including his feared cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as "Chemical Ali", and Tareq Aziz, a former deputy prime minister, could also be charged in other cases soon.


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