Video of Saddam Hussein Questioning Released
The Iraq tribunal that will be trying Saddam Hussein has released a video of him being interrogated.
The incident Mr. Hussein was questioned about involved the 1982 killings of up to 160 men took place in Dujail, a predominantly Shiite village north of Baghdad, where Mr. Hussein had survived an assassination attempt that year.
These killings form the basis of one of the charges against him. You can watch the video here.
The killings form a small part of the charges faced by the former dictator, who is scheduled to be tried for alleged crimes against humanity. Prosecutors are believed to have chosen the killings as something of a test case in the overall prosecution of the former dictator. Other crimes Mr. Hussein will go on trial for include the Halabja massacre of 1988, in which Mr. Hussein's military used chemical weapons to kill thousands of Kurds in the northern town of Halabja.
And if you had any doubt that Saddam's trial will not be a fair one, consider this:
Last week, lawyers for Mr. Hussein complained that he had been allowed only two meetings with them since he was arrested in Iraq in December 2003.
Just another reason Saddam should be tried before an International court and not this makeshift Iraqi tribunal.
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