Iraqi tribunal to start Saddam trial on Oct 19
Afp, Baghdad
Iraq's Special Tribunal officially announced yesterday that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein would go on trial on October 19 for a Shia massacre, confirming a date announced by the government a month ago. The court also unveiled the names of those who will be tried alongside Saddam over the 1982 massacre of 143 people in the Shia village of Dujail following an attempt on his life there. Those to be tried with Saddam are ex-vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam's half-brother and former intelligence boss Barzan Ibrahim al-Hassan and a former deputy chief in Saddam's cabinet, Awad Ahmad al-Bandar.
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