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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraq's toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his top aides will go on trial within weeks, Iraqi Minister of State Kasim Daoud says.
"Saddam Hussein and his band will stand trials within a period of weeks," Daoud told a news conference in Kuwait City on Sunday after talks with top officials.
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In mid-August, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged an Iraqi court to speed up proceedings against Saddam. He said his U.S.-backed government would do all it can to ensure the men get a fair trial.
Saddam -- deposed in last year's U.S.-led war on Iraq -- was arraigned before a U.S.-appointed judge on July 1 and charged with crimes against humanity. Several top aides also appeared separately before the same judge for their arraignment. Pending trial, they are being held in a secret location by U.S. forces under Iraqi jurisdiction.
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