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The charges Saddam faces

BAGHDAD, JULY 1. The seven broad charges against the former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, are the killing of religious figures in 1974; gassing of Kurds in Halabja in 1988; killing the Kurdish Barzani clan in 1983; killing members of political parties in the last 30 years; the 1986-88 `Anfal' campaign of displacing Kurds; the suppression of the 1991 uprisings by Kurds and Shias; and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Mr. Hussein wore a grey, pinstriped suit with an open-collar white shirt and black shoes. His beard was trimmed and he had heavy bags under his eyes, according to the first televised images of his appearance.

He sat calmly, occasionally gesturing with his hands while addressing the court.

The trial took place at the U.S. military's Camp Victory base, a sprawling territory of bombed out former palaces of Mr. Hussein near Baghdad airport.

Security was tight outside the courthouse — a small, sandstone-coloured octagonal building partially surrounded by a moat filled with water diverted from the Tigris river.

The U.S. armoured vehicles, humvees and Bradley fighting vehicles were parked outside. The court's steel-barred windows were reinforced with sandbags and recently tinted.

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