A scene of the US-installed Iraqi Special Tribunal. After being kept in custody for nearly two years, Saddam, 68,along with seven associates, will stand trial in the US-installed Iraqi Special Tribunal on charges against humanity on Wednesday.
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| Saddam's trial opens door to past |
| A defence lawyer in Saddam Hussein's mass murder trial has been found dead, his body dumped near a Baghdad mosque with two gunshots to the head, police and a top lawyers union official said on Friday.
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| Defiant Saddam pleads innocent, trial adjourned |
| Defiant Saddam Hussein Wednesday challenged the legitimacy of the US-backed court and pleaded not guilty over charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the Dujail massacre in 1982.
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