Saddam faces judgment day on Sunday
Afp, Baghdad
For 24 years he brooked no dissent, brutally crushing anyone who challenged his despotic rule. Now fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein faces the ultimate penalty in a court run by his own people. Rights groups have documented his ruthlessness and cruelty, and on Sunday the Iraqi High Tribunal is expected to pass verdict on whether he committed crimes against humanity in ordering the massacre of 148 Shia civilians. If convicted, he faces the gallows. Under Saddam's leadership from 1979 to 2003, the Baath regime ordered army deserters' ears cut off, sentenced foreign currency traffickers to death and was alleged to have beheaded dozens of women for prostitution.
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