Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal

by Gregory s. McNeal, Michael P. Scharf, Gregory McNeal

Saddam Hussein. Derided as "the Butcher of Baghdad," he was charged with the most serious crimes known to mankind. On October 19, 2005, the ruthless Iraqi leader and seven of his henchmen began a legal battle of epic proportions, with their lives literally in the balance. The first of several planned trials before the Iraqi High Tribunal focused on the destruction of the town of Dujail and the torture and murder of its inhabitants in retaliation for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594603049
• ISBN13: 9781594603044
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.