U.S. Transfers Saddam, Others to Iraqi Custody

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Saddam Hussein, looking thinner after nearly seven months as a U.S. captive, was transferred to Iraqi custody Wednesday, reducing him to a criminal defendant in the land he once ruled and launching the painful process of holding him and his henchmen accountable for their brutal regime.

The former dictator will get his first chance since his capture to speak in public when he appears today before an Iraqi judge. He and 11 of his top lieutenants will hear criminal charges likely to include war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

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U.S. Transfers Saddam, Others to Iraqi Custody

President Ghazi al-Yawer told an Arab newspaper that Iraq's new government has decided to reinstate the death penalty, suspended during the U.S. occupation.

Saddam and the others are no longer prison...

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