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Saddam's genocide trial resumes Saddam's genocide trial resumes
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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has appeared in court for the resumption of his trial over the genocide of Kurds. Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has appeared in court for the resumption of his genocide trial.
The deposed leader and six others are being tried in connection with a campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s in which more than 100,000 people died.
He was last in court on 6 December, having earlier threatened to boycott what he called his farcical trial.He was last in court on 6 December, having earlier threatened to boycott what he called his farcical trial.
Saddam Hussein is currently appealing a death sentence from a separate trial over his crackdown on a Shia village. Saddam Hussein is appealing against a death sentence in a separate trial over his crackdown on a Shia village.
The deposed leader and six others are on trial over their role in a campaign against the Kurds in the 1980s in which more than 100,000 people died. On Monday, the prosecution submitted what it said was documentary evidence - a memo - allegedly linking Saddam Hussein to the use of chemical weapons against the Kurds in 1988.
Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the campaign code-named al-Anfal, or "the spoils of war". Prosecutors said the memo from Saddam Hussein's office to the Iraqi military intelligence ordered a strike with "special ammunition".
Dujail appeal
Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the campaign codenamed al-Anfal, or "the spoils of war".
The defence argues it was a legitimate operation to quell a rebellion after some Kurds sided with the enemy during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.The defence argues it was a legitimate operation to quell a rebellion after some Kurds sided with the enemy during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Saddam Hussein and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also face charges of genocide.Saddam Hussein and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also face charges of genocide.
More than 70 witnesses have been heard in the Anfal trial.More than 70 witnesses have been heard in the Anfal trial.
Earlier this month, Saddam Hussein's lawyers lodged an appeal against his death sentence for crimes against humanity in a separate case.
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death in November over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982.
Judges also passed death sentences on Saddam's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and Iraq's former chief judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar.
A panel of nine judges will now review the verdict, which has been criticised by human rights groups as flawed.