Tribunal releases video of Saddam interrogation
The Iraqi Special Tribunal that will put Saddam Hussein on trial today released a new video of the former dictator and four of his officials being questioned by investigating magistrates.
The video showed a bearded Saddam wearing a dark-coloured jacket and white open-collared shirt being questioned by chief trial judge Raid Juhi.
It was unclear when the video was made and Saddam’s chief lawyer, Khalil al-Duleimi, said he would have to see it before commenting. The IST said he was present during the questioning.
An announcement that accompanied the tape said Saddam was being question about alleged crimes related to the execution of at least 50 Iraqis in 1982 in the Shiite town of Dujail, in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt against him.
The other four men were identified as Hussein Rashid Mohammed, a former Republican Guard general, and Taher Tawfiq al-Ani, a senior Baath party official and adviser on Kurdish affairs.
They were questioned concerning the 1987-88 Anfal campaign, a depopulation plan in which hundreds of thousands of Kurds are said to have been killed or expelled from northern Iraq.
The first of other two was Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti, a special Republican Guard commander and Saddam’s cousin who was captured on July 23, 2003.
He was number 11 of the American list of most wanted Iraqis.
They other man was Muzahim Sa’b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq’s air defenses under Saddam and who was captured on April 23, 2003. He was 12th of the list.
They were questioned about the 1991 suppression of a Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.
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