Saddam Hussein charges [Iraq HT]

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Saddam Hussein charges [Iraq HT]

May 24, 2006 10:53:00 am

Saddam Hussein Accusation Document, Republic of Iraq, Iraqi High Tribunal, Office of the Head of the First Criminal Court, May 15, 2006 [charging Saddam with murder, torture and illegally arresting 399 people in Dujail as part of a crackdown in the town after an assassination attempt on Hussein's life, and with the deaths of 148 people executed after being found guilty by Hussein's Revolutionary Court for their involvement in the assassination attempt]. Read the full text of the charging instrument [PDF] via Grotian Moment (CWRU Law School). Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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