Saddam implicates himself in executions, but defends legality

A DEFIANT Saddam Hussein admitted in court yesterday that he ordered the trial of 148 Shi’ites eventually executed in the 1980s.

Saddam implicates himself in executions, but defends legality

He insisted that doing so was legal however, because they were suspected in an assassination attempt against him.

“Where is the crime?” Saddam asked, standing before the panel of five judges.

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