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U.S. Questions Strength of Iraqi Forces

The U.S. commander of a new offensive north of Baghdad, reclaiming insurgent territory day by day, said Sunday his Iraqi partners may be too weak to hold onto the gains.

Saddam, 2 Others Sentenced to Death

Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"

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Saddam refuses to plead in Kurd genocide trial
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea on charges of genocide and war crimes against Iraq's Kurds yesterday as the trial of the former dictator and six co-defendants over the infamous Anfal campaign in the 1980s began in Baghdad.

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