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| Saddam in court for second trial | Saddam in court for second trial |
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| Saddam Hussein has returned to court in Baghdad for his genocide trial, two days after he was sentenced to death in a separate trial. | |
| The former Iraqi president and six co-defendants are charged over their role in a military campaign against the Kurds in northern Iraq in the 1980s. | |
| More than 180,000 people are alleged to have died in the Anfal campaign. | More than 180,000 people are alleged to have died in the Anfal campaign. |
| Saddam Hussein appeared in court wearing his familiar dark suit and white shirt with no tie. | |
| He smiled as he made his way to his seat, but appeared subdued compared to his defiance on Sunday as his death sentence was read out. | |
| It is not clear if the Iraqi authorities will wait until the second trial is complete before they carry out the sentence in the first case. | It is not clear if the Iraqi authorities will wait until the second trial is complete before they carry out the sentence in the first case. |
| An automatic appeal against the guilty verdict will be launched, to be decided by a panel of nine judges. A ruling is expected late this year or early next year, and if the death sentence is upheld, the execution must be carried out within 30 days. | |
| Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail following an assassination attempt on him in 1982. | Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail following an assassination attempt on him in 1982. |
| The Shia-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has made it clear it wants the execution to take place soon as possible but some Kurdish politicians have said they want the Anfal case to be finished first. | The Shia-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has made it clear it wants the execution to take place soon as possible but some Kurdish politicians have said they want the Anfal case to be finished first. |
| Kurdish witness | |
| The Anfal trial resumes as the curfew imposed for the verdict in the first trial has been lifted. | |
| Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants - all different from his previous co-defendants - face charges over their role in the Anfal campaign against ethnic Kurds, many of whom were gassed to death. | |
| Tuesday's first witness told the court that he and other men from his village had surrendered to Iraqi soldiers after being promised an amnesty. | |
| Qahar Khalil Mohammed, a Kurd, then told the court how they were lined up and shot by the soldiers. He said he survived despite several wounds, but 33 other people from his village died. | |
| More trials are possible over Saddam Hussein's response to a 1991 Shia uprising and the repression of the people of Iraq's southern marshlands. | More trials are possible over Saddam Hussein's response to a 1991 Shia uprising and the repression of the people of Iraq's southern marshlands. |