Saddam Hussein Defiant in Opening of Second Trial

第二个审判开庭 萨达姆持抗拒态度

Saddam Hussein has entered his second trial on charges of genocide that stem from a violent campaign against minority Kurds nearly two decades ago.

The former Iraqi leader was defiant in the Baghdad courtroom today (Monday), refusing to state his name or enter a plea of innocence or guilt. The chief judge (Abdullah Ali al-Aloosh) entered a plea of not guilty for him.

Saddam and his six co-defendants are charged in connection with Operation Anfal, an Iraqi military campaign that killed about 100 thousand Kurds between 1987 and 1988. The slaughter began after Kurds were accused of aiding Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

The chief prosecutor (Jaafar al-Moussawi) told the court today (Monday) elderly people, women and children were sent to detention "not because they committed crimes but because they were Kurds."

萨达姆正在接受对他的第二个审判，罪名是他在将近20年前对库尔德人发动的暴力行动中实行种族屠杀。

这名伊拉克前领导人星期一在巴格达的法庭上采取了抗拒态度，拒绝说出自己的名字，也拒绝作无罪或有罪的申诉。主审法官将此算作无罪申诉。

萨达姆和6名同案被告被控与“安复”行动有关，“安复”是一场在1987年到1988年间屠杀了大约10万名库尔德人的军事行动。库尔德人被指控在1980年代的两伊战争中援助伊朗，然后他们遭到屠杀。

首席公诉人星期一在法庭上说，老人、妇女和儿童被送去拘留，“不是因为他们犯了罪，而是因为他们是库尔德人”。