Special report: Saddam Hussein's
Fate
BAGHDAD, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein has written a letter saying he does not want to attend any more
sessions in his Kurdish genocide trial, his defense team said on Tuesday.
In the handwritten letter released by his defense
team, Saddam accused Chief Judge Muhammad Ureibi of being biased on him and his
lawyers, complaining that "I wasn't given the chance to speak whenI tried to
clarify the truth, so I say that my spirit cannot bear this."
He continued to write: "I feel disgusted. I will not
accept being offended continuously by you and others. Therefore, I ask to be
relieved from attending the hearings in this new comedy and you can do whatever
you want."
Saddam and his aides are facing charges of genocide
against Kurds in the trial of Operation Anfal, a military campaign in which
prosecutors said that up to 180,000 Kurds were killed, many of them by poison
gas and mass killings.
If convicted in the trial, Saddam could get his
second death penalty following the first one he got from the trial of the Dujail
case.
Saddam trial resumes in
Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The trial of former leader Saddam
Hussein and six codefendants on genocide charges against Iraqi Kurdish minority
in the 1980s resumed in a Baghdad court on Monday.
It is a continuation of Thursday's session over Anfal case which
the prosecutors said that about 180,000 Kurds were killed in the 1987-88
crackdown, many of them by poison gas and mass killings. Full story>>
Saddam's lawyers file appeal against
death sentence
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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
addresses the court during his trial inside the heavily fortified Green
Zone in Baghdad Nov. 7, 2006. Saddam was back in court on Tuesday for the
first time since he was sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity,
facing separate charges of genocide of the Kurds. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The ousted Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein's lawyers Sunday filed formal appeal against the death sentence
to Saddam and two of his senior aids ruled by the Iraqi High Tribunal over the
Dujail case, a court official told reporters.
The defense lawyers of Saddam officially appealed to
the higher court today against the death penalty imposed on Saddam and another
two co-defendants, said the official. Full story>>
Saddam refutes testimonies of U.S.
experts on mass graves
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The ousted leader Saddam
Hussein Thursday refuted the testimonies of U.S. experts over mass graves of
Kurdish minority during the Operation Anfal in 1987-1988.
Saddam made the refusal when the trial of the former Iraqi
president and his six codefendants on genocide charges against Iraqi Kurdish
minority in 1980s resumed in a Baghdad court. Full Story
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