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Iraqi Insurgents Circulate the Lie That They Killed the Judge in Saddam’s Trial

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Rumors have been flying that ISIS has executed the judge who presided over Saddam Hussein’s 2006 trial. The lies are just the latest attempt to destabilize a fractured country.

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On January 29, 2006, Ra’ouf Rashid Abdul-Rahman took the center seat to preside over the trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants. The case involved crimes committed by the regime against the citizens of Dujail, which had been a hotbed of dissent against the Sunni Ba’athist regime of Saddam.

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