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BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The trial of the
former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and seven of his codefendants resumed on
Thursday.
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| Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein
(front row C) addresses the court during his trial in Baghdad December 22,
2005. (Xinhua/Reuters) |
It
is in its seventh hearing session over the massacre of Dujail in 1982 where some
148 Shiite villagers killed.
On Wednesday, the trial of Saddam and his codefendants was
adjourned after the court heard three witnesses over the Dujail massacre.
Saddam Hussein told the court that he had been
tortured by the Americans since his capture in late 2003.
"I have been hit by the Americans and tortured," he said. "I've been beaten on every place of my body and the signs are all over my body." Enditem
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