Saddam, Defense Lawyer Meet for 1st Time
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Saddam Hussein met for the first time since his capture a year ago with a defense lawyer Thursday, two days after Iraq announced it will soon bring top figures of the fallen regime to court, the chief of the former dictator's legal team said.
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Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam  Hussein's most feared deputies, better known as "Chemical Ali,"  will be the first leader of the former government to be tried  for war crimes, Iraq's defense minister said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Saddam Hussein&#39;s closest aides and known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; for the gassing of the Kurds in Iraq, will be the first of Saddam&#39;s top deputies to be tried, Defense Minister Hazim al-Shalaan said Wednesday.
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A new legal chapter opens Monday for Saddam Hussein when the ousted Iraqi leader goes on trial for a second time, charged with genocide and war crimes from his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein&#39;s ousted regime to court next week for the first time since they appeared before a judge
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Iraqi judges on Saturday started interrogating Saddam Hussein's former defense minister and the notorious general known as Chemical Ali, who is accused of gassing thousands of Kurds in the 1980s, the lead judge said.
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Saddam Hussein&#39;s cousin and feared lieutenant Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot;, and former defence minister Sultan Hashem have appeared before an investigating magistrate, says an Iraqi judge.
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The trial of Saddam Hussein for   genocide against Kurds resumed on Thursday in a central Baghdad   courtroom, with a witness taking the stand to describe how his   village was attacked in 1988 by artillery and warplanes.
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Saddam Hussein has had his first meeting with a lawyer in preparation for his trial which will investigate charges of crimes against humanity.
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A former Iraqi foreign minister and deputy prime minister took the stand Wednesday as a defense witness in the trial of Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein &#39;s ousted regime to court next week for the first time since they appeared before a judge five months
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Saddam Hussein and six of his former commanders returned to a Baghdad court on Monday to face charges of crimes against humanity over a military campaign against ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s.
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Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark is to join the defence team of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The former top US justice official, who arrived Tuesday in Jordan where the defence team is based
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The defense began closing arguments in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Monday after the chief judge condemned the slaying of one of the former leader&#039;s top lawyers last month.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday for the latest hearing in his trial for   genocide against ethnic Kurds but his defense lawyers stayed   away in protest after the Iraqi government fired the judge.
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Saddam Hussein&#39;s defense minister, who surrendered to US forces last year, will appear alongside another notorious general - known as Chemical Ali - when investigative trials open next week, an official said Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 -- Saddam Hussein met with a defense attorney Thursday for the first time since the former Iraqi president was captured a year ago and days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.