Iraq Reviews > Saddam Admits Execution Of 148 Men And Boys

http://sugiero.blogspot.com [sugiero] The chief prosecutor, Jaafar al-Mousawi, is trying to establish that Saddam and seven co-defendants were responsible for the torture and executions of men and boys from the Shiite village of Dujail, where a small group of guerillas tried to kill Saddam in 1982.

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http://isodes.blogspot.com [Isolated Desolation] The benefit of the doubt.: It's curious to me that when the subject is the United States Government, no act or activity is proof of case, but when the subject is the United Nations Mrs. White is happy to close a case with no call for further investigation.

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http://dcmetrocontractattorneys.blogspot.com [Dcmetrocontractattorneys.blogspot.com] DC Metro Contract Attorneys Weblog: Saddam Hussein's murderous and ...: In at least 40 cases, Iraqi forces under Saddam's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, used chemical weapons to kill and chase Kurds from their villages. Then, during the Anfal campaign from February to September 1988, Iraqi troops swept through the highlands of Iraqi Kurdistan rounding up everyone who remained in government-declared "prohibited zones." Some 100,000 Kurds, mostly men and boys, were trucked to remote sites and executed.

http://www.law.case.edu [Law.case.edu] Grotian Moment Blog | BBC: Saddam trial calm belies brutal evidence: There was trouble producing further evidence from witnesses, but the prosecutor went into the strongest part of his case: the documents which he says prove that Saddam Hussein knew all about the interrogation and execution of men and boys suspected of involvement in an assassination attempt against the then president in the town of Dujail in 1982.

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