Saddam to face second trial

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is set to face a second trial tomorrow - this time on charges of genocide and war crimes related to his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds two decades ago.

Saddam and six other defendants face the new trial for their alleged role in the 1980s Operation Anfal, Arabic for “spoils of war,” which killed an estimated 100,000 people. The 1987-1988 operation was launched to crush Kurdish militias and clear the Kurdish population along the Iranian border.