Saddam's Trial To Resume Tuesday
Denise Royal - All Headline News Staff Writer
Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) – Court resumes Tuesday in the trial of Saddam Hussein. On Monday, there was an eventful five-hour court session. A defiant Saddam refused to enter a plea after a judge read formal charges against him. Clutching a copy of the Quran, he again declared he's still the president of Iraq. The judge entered a not guilty plea on Saddam's behalf. The judge formally charged Saddam with crimes against humanity, including torture of women and children, murder and the illegal arrest of 399 people in a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. The defense began presenting its case after the charges against Saddam and his co-defendants were read. The trial of the ousted Iraqi dictator and seven members of his regime has been underway for seven months. They are all accused of rounding up, torturing and killing hundreds of people in the town of Dujail in retaliation for an attempt on Saddam's life in 1982. The defendants could be hanged if found guilty.
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