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04-04-2006, 12:03 PM
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to be charged with genocide over a 1980s campaign against the Kurds, an Iraqi tribunal has announced.
Saddam and six other co-defendants face new charges over a crackdown known as the Anfal campaign, which included the gassing of the Kurdish town of Halabja.
Human rights groups say 180,000 civilians died in the Anfal campaign.
Saddam and seven others are on trial over the deaths of 148 people in Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt.
BBC
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to be charged with genocide over a 1980s campaign against the Kurds, an Iraqi tribunal has announced.
Saddam and six other co-defendants face new charges over a crackdown known as the Anfal campaign, which included the gassing of the Kurdish town of Halabja.
Human rights groups say 180,000 civilians died in the Anfal campaign.
Saddam and seven others are on trial over the deaths of 148 people in Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt.
BBC