Saddam trial witness recalls massacre

A Kurdish witness at Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial today told the Baghdad court that he survived a massacre by running and falling into a ditch full of bodies as Iraqi troops fired on his group of detainees.

“It was really unbelievable, the number of people being killed like this. A detainee called Anwar recited the Islamic prayers before death and asked for forgiveness,” the man testified, speaking from behind a curtain to conceal his identity for fear of reprisal.