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Kurds accuse Saddam of slaughtering families
2006-10-10
Kurdish witnesses accused Saddam Hussein of bulldozing their families into mass graves Monday as the ousted Iraqi leader returned to court for the latest hearing in his genocide trial. The case continued following a two-week adjournment, despite a boycott by SaddamÂ’s defence lawyers, and the court heard evidence of appalling conditions at a prison camp in northern Iraq where wild dogs feasted on human remains.The former strongman and six of his top officials are accused of ordering the 1988 Anfal campaign by Iraqi forces in which, prosecutors say, 182,000 Kurds were killed in death camps, bombings and poison gas attacks.

A Kurdish woman spoke softly from behind a curtain to protect her identity in a country still wracked by murders and political violence, three-and-a-half years after Saddam was overthrown by a US-led invasion. Haltingly, she told of how Iraqi forces attacked her village in northern Kurdish region in April 1988 and rounded up members of her family.
Posted by:Fred

#1  The former strongman and six of his top officials are accused of ordering the 1988 Anfal campaign by Iraqi forces in which, prosecutors say, 182,000 Kurds were killed in death camps, bombings and poison gas attacks.
That would get you at least 5 years in prison in the UK.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-10-10 18:17  

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