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Trial of Hussein
History of Iraq
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| | 2003 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 22nd May Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Hussein's regime responsible for crimes and atrocities |
| 2004 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 30th June Legal custody of Saddam Hussein passes to the Iraq i interim government but physical custody remains in American military hands |
| 1st July Baghdad Goes on trial for war crimes |
| 1st July Saddam Hussein is arraigned before an Iraq i judge on seven preliminary charges |
| 2005 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 15th July 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 |
| 19th Oct 1sr day of the trial |
| 2006 | Bandar, Hamed al | |
| 5th Nov Former chief Judge of Revolutionary Court charged with involvement in the Dujail killings found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging |
| 2006 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 19th June Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Mussawi delivers the final arguments for the prosecution, calling for Saddam Hussein, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti & former Vice-President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, to be sentenced to death |
10th July Saddam Hussein announces a boycott of the trial, saying it makes a mockery of international and Iraq i law and is driven by "malicious" USA  aims |
| 5th Nov Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shias in Tigris river city of Dujail in 1982, sentenced to death by hanging |
| 2006 | Mussawi, Jaafar al- | |
| 19th June Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Mussawi delivers the final arguments for the prosecution, calling for Saddam Hussein, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti & former Vice-President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, to be sentenced to death |
| 2006 | Ramadan, Taha Yassin | |
| 5th Nov Iraq i vice-president until 2003, charged with involvement in the Dujail killings, found guilty and sentenced to life in prison |
| 2006 | Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al | |
| 5th Nov Saddam Hussein's half-brother, head of the intelligence service charged with involvement in the Dujail killings found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging |
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