BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein and several aides will go on trial on Oct. 19, an Iraqi government source said on Friday.
The process, for the killing of dozens of Shi'ite villagers at Dujail in 1982, will therefore be starting just a few days after a referendum on a new constitution that the U.S.-backed authorities intend to bury the legacy of his dictatorship.
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