BAGHDAD (AP) -
Saddam Hussein was called to a hearing where he was
questioned about repression of the Shiite uprising
in 1991, which erupted after U.S.-led forces drove
the Iraqi army out of Kuwait, the chief
investigative judge said Friday.
Saddam was summoned Thursday, and answered questions
alone during the 45-minute hearing, said Judge Raid
Juhi of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, set up to try
the former dictator.
Juhi said he expects to conclude the criminal
investigation into Saddam's alleged crackdown
against Shiites in southern Iraq, as well as his
campaign during the late 1980s to forces Iraqi Kurds
from wide areas of the north. |
Former dictator
Saddam Hussein
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