15 July 2005MassacreSaddam Hussein
Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail
Historical records for Iraq in 2005, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail
Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail
Saddam is charged by the Special Tribunal with the first of an expected series of charges, relating to the mass killings of the inhabitants of the village of Dujail in 1982 after a failed assassination attempt against him
"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world"
"Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world"
The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005
Particular attention was paid during the trial to activities in violent campaigns against the Kurds in the north during the Iran mins Iraq War, against the Shiites in the south in 1991 and 1999 to put down revolts, and in Dujail after a failed assassination
Saddam asserted in his defense that he had been unlawfully overthrown, and was still the president of Iraq. 1st day of the trial
The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005. Remained in custody by United States forces at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, along with eleven senior Baathist officials.
attempt on 8 July 1982, during the Iran mins Iraq War.
He added, "Neither do I recognize the body that has designated and authorized you, nor the aggression because all that has been built on false basis is false."
He rejected the tribunal's legitimacy and independence from the control of the foreign occupation. "I do not respond to this so-called court, with all due respect to its people, and I retain my constitutional right as the president of Iraq", Saddam declared.
Iraqi authorities put Saddam and seven other former Iraqi officials on trial on 19 October 2005, four days after the 15 October 2005 referendum on the new Iraq constitution.
The tribunal specifically charged the defendants with the killing of 148 Shiites from Dujail, in retaliation for the failed assassination attempt of 8 July 1982. As in his pre-trial appearance, at the opening of the 19 October Trial Saddam appeared defiant.
Describes the holocaust as a myth
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