Trial of Saddam Hussein nears end
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-27 17:17
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-accused of crimes against humanity
entered its final day on Thursday with the appearance of former Vice President
Taha Yassin Ramadan, but the former Iraqi leader did not attend.
Former Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein gestures during final arguments in his trial in Baghdad's
heavily fortified Green Zone July 26,
2006.[Reuters] |
Ramadan's lawyers boycotted the proceedings and he said he would defend
himself.
Saddam and the seven are charged with the killing of 148 Shi'ites after an
attempt on his life in Dujail in 1982. Saddam faces a second trial on charges of
genocide against Iraq's ethnic Kurds in a month.
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