Fast Facts: Saddam on Trial
Monday, May 15, 2006
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Here's the latest on Saddam Hussein's trial:
Trial
— Adjourned until Tuesday, May 16.
— Began Oct. 19.
Saddam
— Refuses to enter plea as charges read against him.
— Stood holding a copy of the Quran and insisted he was still Iraq's president.
Charges (include)
— Torture of women and children.
— Murder.
— Illegal arrest of 399 people in a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s.
Plea
— Judge Abdel-Rahman entered a "not guilty" plea on Saddam's behalf.
Trial
— Has faced numerous delays and setbacks.
— Two defense lawyers were killed soon after it began.
— A previous chief judge was replaced with Abdel-Rahman.
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