Hussein Hears Final Witness on Chemical Attacks

The final witnesses in former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial testified today in a Baghdad courtroom, where they described chemical weapons attacks against Kurds in northern Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Dec. 4).

“After diagnosing the patient, I knew the man had been hit with mustard gas,” said Faiq Mohammed Ahmed, a doctor who treated villagers after an attack in the late 1980s.  He also recounted treating other gas attack victims, including an 8-year-old boy.

The prosecution is next expected to begin presenting documentary evidence of Hussein’s involvement with the attacks, AFP reported (Paul Schemm, Agence France-Presse/Khaleej Times, Dec. 6).

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