Criminal Case Now Filed against Former Iraqi Dictator
Saddam Hussein has now been charged with the July 8, 1982 murders of Shi'ite Muslims living in Dujail, a village north of Baghdad, which were carried out in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt. Saddam had 140 villagers executed and hundreds more tortured.
The trial date will be determined in a few days. Under Iraqi law, at least 45 days must pass between the filing of charges and the start of a trial.
Also named as defendants were Saddam's half-brother and former intelligence chief, Barazan Ibrahim; former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan; and former Revolutionary Court chief judge Awad Hamad al-Bander.
If convicted, Saddam could face the death penalty.
The Associated Press, the BBC, and Reuters were used as sources for this article.
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