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Iraq Tribunal Dismisses Hussein Charges

HeadlineJan 10, 2007

Meanwhile, the Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein as the genocide trial of six co-defendants resumed. They are charged with crimes against humanity over a campaign against Kurds in the 1980s that left tens of thousands dead. Hussein was hanged after an earlier trial over the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the town of Dujail. Critics have voiced disappointment Hussein was not tried for his largest atrocities.

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