148 executions legal, Saddam trial told

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148 executions legal, Saddam trial told

The judge who oversaw the trial of 148 Shiite men accused of plotting to assassinate Saddam Hussein in 1982 has said in court he had personally issued a death warrant for them and insisted it was legal.

"They attacked the president of the republic and they confessed," Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, said in testimony before the judges trying him, Saddam and six others for crimes against humanity.

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"The court took two weeks. The 148 men had confessed. It is all in the files."

In a phase of the trial that began on Sunday, four local Baath party officials from Dujail had already made their appearances - three of them contesting sworn statements the prosecution said they had made in pre-trial proceedings.



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This could get very intersesting -

IF Saddam is found NOT Guilty -

What then George? :shrug: