Charges Against Saddam Hussein Announced
by TChris
Providing a happy distraction for the Bush administration (which always needs one, this time because of Karl Rove), the Iraqi Special Tribunal announced that Saddam Hussein will be prosecuted for "the killings of about 150 Shiites in the Iraqi town of Dujail in 1982." No trial date has been announced, but the trial may occur before the end of the year.
No word yet on whether Iraq will seek the death penalty. At one point, the UK indicated that it will boycott the trial if death is sought. In April, Jalal Talabani said he opposed the possibility of a death sentence, but as TalkLeft recently reported, Iraq decided to resume its use of death as punishment, perhaps with a view to executing Hussein.
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