Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 18 October 2006
Body:
BAGHDAD, Iraq_Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds resumed
Wednesday, a day after the deposed president accused witnesses of sowing
discord for Israel's benefit in their testimonies about appalling conditions
in detention camps under his regime.
Saddam was responding to two Kurdish witnesses who had testified that they
were detained in 1988 in a camp where conditions were so bad that hundreds
died of malnutrition.
"This will only serve the separation," Saddam said, referring to the
deepening divisions in Iraq as sectarian fighting rages. "The Zionists are
the only ones who will benefit from the differences among Iraqis," Saddam
added.
Saddam dismissed prosecution claims that he ran a police state which kept no
records of detainees and camps. "Our country and government are real," he
said.
"What is unreal and unbelievable are the heads, which are falling in the
streets nowadays," Saddam told the court, referring to the sectarian
killings.
Saddam and six co-defendants are standing trial on charges of war crimes and
crimes against humanity during a military offensive against the Kurds in
1987-88 that was known as Operation Anfal. The prosecution says about
180,000, mainly civilians, were killed. Saddam and one other defendant are
also charged with genocide.
The seven defendants face death by hanging if found guilty.
Byline: n/a
Date: 18 October 2006
Body:
BAGHDAD, Iraq_Saddam Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds resumed
Wednesday, a day after the deposed president accused witnesses of sowing
discord for Israel's benefit in their testimonies about appalling conditions
in detention camps under his regime.
Saddam was responding to two Kurdish witnesses who had testified that they
were detained in 1988 in a camp where conditions were so bad that hundreds
died of malnutrition.
"This will only serve the separation," Saddam said, referring to the
deepening divisions in Iraq as sectarian fighting rages. "The Zionists are
the only ones who will benefit from the differences among Iraqis," Saddam
added.
Saddam dismissed prosecution claims that he ran a police state which kept no
records of detainees and camps. "Our country and government are real," he
said.
"What is unreal and unbelievable are the heads, which are falling in the
streets nowadays," Saddam told the court, referring to the sectarian
killings.
Saddam and six co-defendants are standing trial on charges of war crimes and
crimes against humanity during a military offensive against the Kurds in
1987-88 that was known as Operation Anfal. The prosecution says about
180,000, mainly civilians, were killed. Saddam and one other defendant are
also charged with genocide.
The seven defendants face death by hanging if found guilty.