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Saddam Hussein Undergoes First Cross-Examination

HeadlineApr 05, 2006

In other Iraq news, Saddam Hussein was cross-examined today for the first time since his trial began six months ago. Hussein said he had approved death sentences for Shiite opponents during the 1980s because he believed they were involved in a plot to assassinate him. Prosecutors replied by asking Hussein whether he knew many of his victims were children under 18 years old. The session came one day after Hussein was given new charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1980s crackdown against the Kurds.

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