Saddam trial press briefing [Iraqi Government]

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Saddam trial press briefing [Iraqi Government]

Bernard Hibbitts

October 21, 2005 01:53:00 pm

Press briefing on the opening of the Saddam Hussein trial, by Iraqi government spokeman Laith Lubba and Chief Investigating Judge Raid Juhi, Baghdad, October 19, 2005. Read the full transcript via MNF-Iraq.

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