Baghdad, Iraq,
August 23, -- The media office of the Iraqi prime
minister has issued a statement saying the trial of
Saddam Hussein is a "fundamental step towards
achieving justice".
Nuri al-Maliki's media office said the trial was
like the offering condolences for the victim's
families because they could see the "dictator being
tried for the crimes and massacres he had done".
"Saddam and his co-defendants are standing before
court to be tried for the al-Anfal massacres
committed against our Kurdish people between 1987
and 1988... Tens of thousands of them were buried in
mass graves for nothing just because they were
Kurds.
"The former regime's record is full of crimes that
were even more savage than those committed by Nazis
and fascists in world war two. The regime's crimes
hit every sect in the Iraqi people," the statement
said. |
Iraqi Prime minister Jawad al-Maliki
Photo:AP |
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