Saddam to be handed to Iraqis for trial
The head of Iraq’s war-crimes tribunal said today that the United States had pledged to hand over Saddam Hussein and about 100 other suspects to Iraqi authorities before July 1, when Iraq assumes sovereignty from its US-led occupiers.
Salem Chalabi said that trials would begin early next year, and that judges would receive “files” on the suspects at the end of this year.
