The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed Tuesday. But it was overshadowed by bombings in Baghdad and reports that put the number of dead from recent sectarian violence as high as 1,300 across the country.

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Saddam Hussein was pulled out of his "spider hole” exactly a year ago, but since July, when his defiant appearance galvanized those both for and against him, he's been out of sight. The "quick trial” ...

Almost four months since it opened, the trial of Saddam Hussein has been plagued by violence and the courtroom antics of Saddam and his seven co-defendants. Saddam’s boycott of the court last week ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Judges in the trial of Saddam Hussein tried to remove a newly appointed chief judge Tuesday, a dispute that forced an abrupt postponement of the proceedings and deepened the ...

Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation and torture. Seven other defendants stood trial with Hussein: Barzan Hassan, ...

A verdict is expected this weekend in the first Saddam Hussein trial. "Guilty" is the widespread anticipation, but a lengthy appeals process is likely to ensue. In Iraq, judges in the first trial of ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — With the trial of Saddam Hussein set to begin in earnest today under extraordinary security, police said Sunday that they had foiled a plot to kill the chief investigating judge in the ...

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Poison. That's the word. "A lot of poison in Iraqi society built up over the years of Saddam Hussein's rule, a poison in the body politic," Coalition Provisional Authority chief Paul Bremer said in a ...

Two months before the start of the war, I visited a small village on the Iraqi border with Kuwait. The local elder, a spry septuagenarian known as Abu Mohammed, was keenly aware that when the fighting ...

Saddam Hussein's trial resumes in dramatic fashion after an 11-day break. Saddam and his co-defendants boycotted the past two days of the trial... Saddam, Boycotting Defendants Forced Back to Trial ...