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Article: The trial of Saddam Hussein; Iraq.(The trial of Saddam Hussein)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2004
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Objection, your honour
When and how will it take place?
IYAD ALLAWI, Iraq's interim prime minister, has said he expects Saddam Hussein's trial to begin this month--or at least before the general election due in January. But American officials consider such a timetable a "remote" possibility, at best. They reckon there is little chance of formal charges being brought against Mr Hussein until next year, with a trial unlikely to begin for several months after that, perhaps not until 2006. Still, the countdown has begun, with the likelihood, if he is convicted, of a firing squad at the end of it.
The proceedings could be speeded up. The evidence ...