Originally published by the Voice of America (www.voanews.com).
Voice of America is funded by the US Federal Government and content it
exclusively produces is in the public domain.

Kurdish Witnesses Testify Against Saddam During Baghdad Trial
-------------------------------------------------------------

http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=139CCA7:A6F02AD83191E1603FDA92903CCCE7AC9574F7DCC14957C0 Kurdish woman
described chemical weapons attack on her village nearly two decades
ago during Wednesday's session





Witness Adiba Oula Bayez testifies, WednesdayAn Iraqi Kurdish woman
described a chemical weapons attack on her village nearly two decades
ago during Wednesday's session of Saddam Hussein's trial for crimes
against humanity.

Kurds' testimony about poison-gas attacks and other brutal treatment
by Saddam's government has filled the first two days of the trial
which opened on Tuesday.

Genocide charges against Saddam and six co-defendants arise from
Operation Anfal - a military operation in 1987 and 1988 that wiped out
dozens of Kurdish villages and killed 180 thousand men, women and
children.

The current proceedings are the second round of charges brought
against Saddam since he was deposed in 2003.

A verdict is expected in mid-October from his first trial, earlier
this year, on charges of ordering about 150 Shi'ite villagers to be
killed following an assassination attempt against him in 1982. If
Saddam is found guilty, he could be sentenced to death.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


.