Saddam's Trial and Iran-Iraq War

On his trial, Saddam Hussein will face many charges, as invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and chemical attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja in 1988.

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Saddam Hussein - Kuwait - 1990 - Halabja - 1988

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What is surprisingly ignored in Saddam's trial is the 1980 attack on Iran and the use of chemical weapons on its fighters during Iran-Iraq War. Iran and Iraq fought a devastating eight-year war from 1980-1988 after Saddam attempted to make a land grab in the oil-rich southwest of Iran. The war cost the lives of more than a million people, most of them Iranians, and involved the use of nerve gas and other chemical weapons by Iraqi troops. United Nation has officially recognized Iraqi government as the responsible for the war at 9 December 1991.

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Iran - Iran-Iraq War - Iranians - 9 December - 1991

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The chief of Iran's Judiciary has "ordered the prosecutor general to prepare an indictment against Saddam for his crimes during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war and to put it through legal channels."

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"What is important for the judiciary are the rights that were lost by Iranian citizens during the eight-year sacred defense war, those who lost their loved ones and the many war veterans who were wounded by chemical weapons," The chief of Iran's Judiciary was quoted as saying.

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