Saddam Hussein, accused of massacres, admitted to the destruction of gardens and gardens

The overthrown President of Iraq Saddam Hussein recognized on Wednesday on the process in Baghdad that it was he who ordered to destroy the gardens and gardens of the inhabitants of the Shiite village of Ed-Dujil.

“I signed an order, and not in my rules to blame others,” the statement of the former head of Iraq quotes the interfax. At the same time, he noted that he made such a decision "under the bullets that whistled before his eyes." We are talking about a failed attempt to attempt in 1982 not far from this Iraqi village.

As at the previous meeting held on Tuesday, on Wednesday the court heard a certificate of prosecution. One of the main prosecutors Jaafar al-Musaui submitted additional documents, among which, according to him, there are facts confirming the involvement of the accused against reprisals against the population of the Shiite village of Ed-Dujil north of Baghdad.

Some of them were the signature of Saddam Hussein himself. One of the documents testified, in particular, that only during the investigation 46 people were killed. In addition, a copy of a letter signed by the former Iraqi president was demonstrated, in which a death sentence is sentenced to 148 residents of the village of Ed-Dujil.

Both the accused themselves and the defense challenged the authenticity of these documents, calling them fabricated, ITAR-TASS reports. Lawyers demanded to cite a comparative analysis of the real actions of the defendants and those that are described in the documents submitted by the charge, as well as determine the time when they were compiled. The defense drew attention to the fact that the papers were dated by the same number when the attempt was made by Saddam Hussein, asking how this could happen, and the court accused the court of the documents.

At the same time, the former Iraqi leader admitted that he ordered the 148 Shiites suspected of attempted his life. According to the ex-dictator, these actions were legitimate, since all Shiites were suspected of involvement in an attempt to kill Saddam.

“What is the crime here, if we are talking about the defendant who opened fire on the head of state, and it doesn’t matter what his name is,” he said, adding that he does not consider himself guilty, since there is no corpus delicti in his actions.

The next meeting at the trial over Saddam Hussein and his associates will be held on March 12. This was announced by the chairman of the tribunal Rauf Abdel Rahman. At today's meeting, all the defendants and representatives of the defense were attended, with the exception of the lawyer of Saddam Hussein Halil adeleimi himself.

The ex-president of Iraq and seven of his associates are accused of mass repressions against the inhabitants of the Shiite village of Ed-Dujiel north of Baghdad after the attempt on the dictator committed there in July 1982. According to the investigation, 148 people became victims of reprisals. If Hussein’s confession of this charges, the death penalty may threaten him guilty of this charge.