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Saddam to know trial verdict on 16 October
27.7.2006
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BAGHDAD, July 27, (AFP) , -- Iraqi judges will
give their verdict in ousted president Saddam
Hussein's trial on crimes against humanity charges
on October 16, court officials have said as the
trial came to a close.
The chief judge adjourned the case to allow the
bench to consider its verdict on Thursday.
"The trial will adjourn until October 16 to check
over the files of this case," said Judge Rauf Abdel
Rahman, after a turbulent day of defence arguments
in which one defendant had to be forced to sit down.
After the hearing, a US official close to the court
said: "The verdict and the judgment will be on
October 16." |
Former dictator Saddam Hussein
Photo : AFP |
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Saddam and seven co-defendants face the death
penalty if found guilty of illegally ordering the
killing of 148 civilians from the Shiite village of
Dujail following a 1982 attempt on the then Iraqi
leader's life there.
On August 21, before the date set for the verdict in
the Dujail case, Saddam is due to face a second
trial on charges related to mass killings of Kurdish
civilians during the notorious Anfal campaign of the
early 1980s.
AP
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