Saddam trial adjourned till Tuesday

Source: CCTV.com | 10-12-2006 09:56

The genocide trial of the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and six of his aides has adjourned until next Tuesday after hearing three witnesses. On Wednesday, Judge Ureybi switched off the defendants' microphone as Saddam was arguing about Tuesday's session, during which Saddam was ordered out. Saddam and his codefendants face charges of genocide for their role in the Anfal military campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.

The chief prosecutor said it left some 182,000 people dead or missing. Saddam is also awaiting a possible death sentence verdict for a separate case involving killing of Shiites.

Editor:Wang Ping