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Saddam pleads innocent, trial adjourned
www.chinanews.cn 2005-10-20 11:39:47
(Source: Agencies)
Saddam Hussein holds a copy of the Quran as his trial begins in a heavily
fortified courthouse in Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraq, Wednesday Oct. 19,
2005. (AP)
BAGHDAD, Oct. 19 - The first session of former Iraqi president Saddam
Hussein's trial ended Wednesday afternoon after judge ordered adjournment
until Nov. 28.
At least one international legal watchdog welcomed the adjournment by
Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin as a sign of fairness to a defense that
complained it had insufficient time to prepare for a case centring on the
killing of 148 Shi'ite Muslim men after a failed assassination attempt in
1982.
Saddam himself insisted he was still head of state. He and his seven
aides all pleaded not guilty.
The trial began shortly after 12:00 p.m. (0900 GMT), two hours after the
scheduled time.
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