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Saddam in court as trial resumes Saddam trial hears bomb evidence
(about 9 hours later)
The trial of Saddam Hussein and six others on charges of genocide against Kurds has resumed in Baghdad after a break of nearly three weeks. The trial of Saddam Hussein and six others on charges of genocide has resumed after a three-week break.
The former Iraqi leader and his co-defendants are being tried over the Anfal campaign in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq in the late 1980s. A former Kurdish guerrilla told the Baghdad court of the deadly aftermath of an alleged chemical attack carried out by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces.
The prosecution alleges that up to 180,000 civilians were killed. Katherine Elias Mikhail described how people fell to the ground, vomiting and in pain, after a bombing raid in 1987.
In an earlier hearing, Kurdish witnesses told the court that their villages had been gassed. The prosecution alleges that up to 180,000 civilians were killed during the Anfal campaign against Iraqi Kurds.
Saddam Hussein was present in court along with his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali. Both men are accused of genocide. Saddam Hussein was present in court along with his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid. Both men are accused of genocide.
Vomiting
Giving evidence, Ms Mikhail told the court she was a Kurdish peshmerga guerrilla in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq when Iraqi forces bombed the mountainous region with chemical weapons.
Now a writer who lives in the US, Ms Mikhail denounced Saddam Hussein and Mr Majid - whose nickname in Iraq is Chemical Ali - as those responsible for the campaign.
She also criticised the international companies which she said had provided the Iraqi regime with chemical weapons.
Challenged by Mr Majid, Ms Mikhail described how planes carrying chemical bombs attacked peshmerga bases and Kurdish villages.
"I saw hundreds of people - not dozens but hundreds. They were vomiting and their eyes were watering," she said.
Awaiting sentence
The trial was adjourned until Tuesday.
All the defendants face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They could face the death penalty if convicted.All the defendants face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They could face the death penalty if convicted.
Saddam Hussein and seven different defendants have already been tried for the killing of 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982. Saddam Hussein and seven other defendants have already been tried for the killing of 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982.
A verdict is due in October.A verdict is due in October.