BAGHDAD, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- Trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants on crimes against humanity in Dujail resumed here on Monday amidst tight security measures.
The hearing started with the court calling for the co-defendants, one by one to enter the court room.
Chief justice Rizgar Mohammad Amin started the hearing with legal procedures before starting the testimonies.
Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants are accused of killing 148 people in Dujail town in southern Iraq in 1982.
Five witnesses are expected to testify before the court on the Dujail killings.
The former regime in Baghdad is also accused of, arresting 400 families, demolishing houses and destroying lands.
Saddam Hussein carried out the killing after a failed bid on his life in the town.
The co-defendants are Barzan Ibrahim Al-Hassan, Saddam's half-brother, former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadhan, former chief of the revolutionary court Awwad Hamad Al-Bandar, and former baathists in Dujail Abdullah Kadhem Ruwaid, Ali Dayem Ali, Mohammad Azzam Al-Ali and Mezher Abdullah Ruwaid. (pickup previous)
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