Saddam could face more charges
2006-01-08 08:32
Baghdad - The first trial of Saddam Hussein could be over by June provided interruptions and delays are kept to a minimum.
According to a United States legal advisor to the Iraqi tribunal trying the former president, Kevin Dooley, Saddam and other former members of his government may then face a raft of other charges of crimes against humanity.
These are likely to include an Iraq government campaign against the Kurds between 1987 and 1988.
Dooley said a form of indictment related to the alleged Kurdish campaign will probably be issued in the next two months, but any trial against those accused will only start once the current case is over.
Saddam and seven co-defendants are currently on trial for the killing of 148 Shi'ites from the village of Dujail, north of Baghdad, after a failed assassination attempt in 1982.
- AFP