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Saddam Hussein's trial gets under way


Wednesday 19 October 2005, 12:52 Makka Time, 9:52 GMT     
      Saddam Hussein faces the death penalty if convicted 
     


Saddam Hussein has gone on trial for alleged crimes against humanity.


Appearing in a tightly secured courtroom in the former headquarters of his 
Baath Party on Wednesday afternoon, nearly two years after his capture, the 
ousted president faced charges in a 1982 massacre of more than 140 Shia that 
could carry the death penalty if he is convicted. 

The 68-year-old former Iraqi leader sat in a pen out front while his seven 
co-defendants, all top officials from his government, sat in two waist-high 
pens behind him, all directly facing the panel of five judges that will both 
hear the case and render a verdict.

The trial could be the first of several for Saddam, for alleged atrocities 
carried out during his 23-year-rule. 

Carrying an old copy of the Quran and gesturing with his hand to slow his 
guards down, Saddam appeared defiant.

Defiant

Saddam refused to answer when the judge asked him to identify himself and the 
former leader began to quiz the judges.

"Who are you? What does this court want?" Saddam asked.

Defence lawyers sat to the defendants' right, the prosecutors to their left in 
the small courtroom, located in the marble building that once served as the 
National Command Headquarters of his feared Baath Party. 

The building - located in Baghdad's Green Zone, the heavily fortified district 
where Iraq's government, parliament and the US embassy are located - was ringed 
with 3-m high blast walls and US and Iraqi troops, with several Humvees and at 
least one tank deployed outside. 

The trial was being aired with a 20-minute delay on state-run Iraqi television 
and on satellite stations across Iraq and the Arab world.


      Agencies 


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