Saddam Trial Resumes in Baghdad

World | September 19, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00

The trial of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and six former commanders has resumed in Baghdad. Saddam, his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali", and five others face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the mass murder of residents in the town of Anfal in northern Kurdistan. A poison gas attack on the town in 1988 killed hundreds of residents. Saddam and Majeed also face the graver charges of genocide. If found guilty all men could face the death penalty.

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