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The trial of Iraq's former strongman Saddam Hussein and seven associates will start on Oct. 19, the government announced Sunday. In northern Iraq, clashes were continuing in an ethnically mixed insurgent stronghold, medical workers said.
The announcement by government spokesman Laith Kubba confirmed unofficial reports that the former strongman and several of his closest aides will face a special tribunal immediately after the national referendum on Iraq's constitution on Oct. 15.
Kubba said seven co-defendants from Saddam's regime would also face trial. They include: Barazan Ibrahim, intelligence chief at the time and Saddam's half brother; former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan; and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, at the time a Baath party official in Dujail, Kubba said.
The eight men will be charged with responsibility for the 1982 massacre of 143 Shiites in Dujail, a town north of Baghdad, after a failed assassination attempt. If found guilty, Saddam could receive the death penalty.http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5254954,00.html
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