Angered Hussein: 'We will crush your heads'

CNN ^ | POSTED: 8:47 a.m. EDT, September 12, 2006 | Unsigned

[.cnI redruM]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A Kurdish villager testified Tuesday that he fled an attack by Saddam Hussein's forces 18 years ago, leaving behind his mother and two sisters. Years later, their identity cards were discovered in a mass grave, he said.

"Congratulations! you are in a cage, Saddam," witness Ghafour Hassan Abdullah said as he stared at the ousted president. Hussein later lashed out at "agents of Iran and Zionism" in the courtroom and vowed to "crush your heads."

Abdullah, 29, gave the chilling account during the trial of Hussein and six others for their roles in Operation Anfal, the 1987-88 campaign to suppress a Kurdish revolt in northern Iraq during the final stages of the war with Iran.

Hussein has insisted that the crackdown was directed against Kurdish guerrillas who were allied with Iran in the 1980-88 war.

If convicted, Hussein and the other defendants could face death by hanging.

[The_Reader_David]

Actually, the notion that Shia Islam is a Jewish plot to 'defile' Islam has old roots among Sunnis.

[DejaJude]

If convicted, Hussein and the other defendants could face death by hanging.
Too good for him.

I thought he had requested a firing squad. I would prefer a shoeing death for him. Let thousands of Iraqis throw shoes at him until he dies. Could take a very long time.

[DejaJude]

Actually, the notion that Shia Islam is a Jewish plot to 'defile' Islam has old roots among Sunnis.

Why am I not surprised to hear of another "blame the Jews" conspiracy?

[SnarlinCubBear]

Can anyone tell me the outcome of Saddam's Trial #1?

Guilty???

I never did hear.

[.cnI redruM]

I doubt they have an insanity defense in any jurisprudence inspired by the Shari'a.


"And at the trial of Saddam Hussein, the Defense Team was in a quandary after the Defendant refused to stop threatening to crush the infidel heads of opposing witnesses. This is Peter Arnett, CNN, reporting live from Baghdad."