Special report: Trial of Saddam Hussein

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein testifies during his trial at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad September 11, 2006.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    BAGHDAD, Sept. 11 (Xinhua)-- The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein adjourned until Tuesday following the testimony of three witnesses on Monday.

    "After the hearing several witnesses the court decided to adjourn its session until tomorrow Sept. 12," chief judge Abdullahal-Amiri said.

    On Monday's session, three witnesses took the stand in the court over the Anfal case in which Saddam and six of his aides are facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    Many Kurdish villages were razed and some 100,000 Kurds were reportedly killed in the campaign code-named Anfal which means "Spoil of War."

    This is the second trial Saddam is standing. Saddam is still waiting a verdict in the first case against him -- the trial over the killings of 148 Shiite countrymen in Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt against him there.

    A verdict for the Dujail case is expected in October.

    If convicted in anyone of the cases, Saddam might face death penalty. Enditem