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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraqi police say 53 suspected insurgents were killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi troops south of Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Chief judge acquits Saddam trial defendant Mohammed Azawi Ali for lack of evidence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Three Saddam Hussein co-defendants are found guilty of murder and torture and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan is sentenced to life in prison for premeditated murder in Dujail case.
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Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Saddam Hussein's half-brother, Barzan Ibrahim, is sentenced to death by hanging.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq's former Revolutionary Court chief Awad Hamed al-Bandar is sentenced to death by hanging.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The Iraqi High Tribunal adjourns after a 50-minute session in which Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants were convicted and sentenced to hang.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Clashes with police break out in north Baghdad's heavily Sunni Azamiyah district after the verdict against Saddam is announced.
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer says the former dictator urges Iraqis to reject sectarian violence and "not take revenge" on U.S. forces.
Majority Leader John Boehner comments:
"This verdict is a victory for justice and a victory for the Iraqi people and all freedom loving people in the Middle East . With this verdict, the people of Iraq can take yet one more step away from the tyranny and oppression of years past, and one more step towards the promise of democracy and freedom that is their destiny."
