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Iraqi government to prosecute Saddam Hussein on 12 charges Alexandria Samuel at 11:37 AM ET [JURIST] The Iraqi government announced Sunday that former dictator Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] will face 12 charges at trial. Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kuba told reporters in a press conference that Hussein could have faced nearly 500 charges, but prosecuting him on all charges would be a “waste of time”. Hussein's trial in front of the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website] is expected to start in the next two months. During a 2004 court appearance, Hussein was informed of seven preliminary charges [BBC backgrounder] against him related to the 'ethnic cleansing' campaign against Kurds in 1998 and the mass murder of Kurdish and Shia rebellions after the 1991 Gulf War. AP has more. Link | 
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