Trial of Saddam on charges of Kurdish genocide continues

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-05-2006 09:03

Special Report:   Iraq in Transition

In the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide against the Kurds continues. If convicted, the former Iraqi leader could get a second death penalty on top of the one he received after his conviction in the Dujail trial.

Saddam and his 6 co-defendants were present to hear the Anfal case on Monday.

The prosecution claims about 180,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a crackdown between 1987-1988. Many of them were killed by poison gas or in massacres.

One Kurdish witness says more than 350 people from his village were killed or deported during operation Anfal.

In past sessions, the court has heard testimonies from four American forensic experts.They submitted what they had found as evidence when examining the remains of Kurds in several mass graves from both northern and southern Iraq.

On Sunday, Saddam's lawyers formally appealed against the death sentence on the former leader for crimes against humanity for his part in the Dujail killings.

Violence continues across Iraq. Full story >>

Meanwhile, a wave of bombings and revenge killings continues to hit Iraq.

On Monday, suspected militants killed three government agricultural engineers and their driver, as they headed to work in Baqouba, 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad. While on Sunday a car bomb exploded in the north of Baghdad, killing 3 and wounding 15 others.

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan