BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's highest court rejected Saddam Hussein's appeal Tuesday and said the former dictator must be hanged within 30 days for his role in the 1982 slayings of 148 Shiite Muslims from a ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s highest court rejected Saddam Hussein’s appeal Tuesday and said the former dictator must be hanged within 30 days for ordering the killing of scores of Shiite Muslims in 1982.

An Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein at his first trial for war crimes. The court said Saddam must be... Court Orders Saddam to Be Hanged Within 30 Days An ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's lawyers say the former Iraqi president was roughed up in court this week. His lawyers say a man burst into the courtroom Thursday and tried to strike Saddam as ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Nearly two years after his capture, Saddam Hussein is finally facing trial for alleged crimes against fellow Iraqis. In some ways, Iraq also will be on trial, with the world watching ...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Two court employees attacked Saddam Hussein and punched him several times after he cursed two Shiite saints, state-run Iraqi television reported Wednesday. Iraqiya television, quoting ...