Saddam trial shown signed order for execution of Shi'ites

PROSECUTORS at Saddam Hussein's trial presented a document yesterday they said was signed by the former leader approving the executions of more than 140 Shi'ites in southern Iraq after an assassination attempt in the 1980s.

Saddam trial shown signed order for execution of Shi'ites
Wed, 01 Mar, 2006 - 00:00

After about two hours of hearing documents, the court adjourned until Wednesday.

The document was among several presented by chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi concerning the killings of Shi'ites from the town of Dujail in 1982.

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