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Article: DEFIANCE; DRAMATIC SCENES AS DICTATOR SADDAM IS CHARGED WITH GENOCIDE.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Byline: PAUL WAUGH
THREE decades of tyranny caught up with Saddam Hussein today as he appeared in court to be charged with genocide and crimes against humanity.
The former Iraqi dictator was immediately defiant, attacking the court hearing as "theatre" and claiming that the "real criminal is Bush". He described Kuwaitis as "dogs" and said he invaded the country for the Iraqi people. When read the charge of waging war on his neighbour, Saddam replied: "How can Iraq have invaded Kuwait when Kuwait is part of Iraq?" But less than 14 months after he was ousted Continued on Page 4
by US and British troops, the man responsible for three Gulf wars ...