(8 Jan 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
2. Military commander of Operation Anfal Sultan Hashem Ahmed
3. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
4. Head of military intelligence in Northern Iraq Farhan Mutlak al-Jubouri
5. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
6. Director of military intelligence Sabir Abdul-Aziz al-Duri
7. Former governor of Mosul Tahir Tawfiq al-Ani
8. Judge making sign to defendants
8. Secretary-general of the Northern Bureau of Iraq's Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali"
9. Judge cutting off microphones and talking to defendants
10. Ali Hassan al-Majid known as "Chemical Ali"
11. Wide of defendants, Saddam Hussein's empty chair
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Oreibi, Chief Judge :
++CUTAWAY OF SADDAM'S EMPTY CHAIR INCLUDED++
"Since the death of defendant Saddam was confirmed, and according to what has come in a letter sent by the court presidency to the second criminal committee, the tribunal has decided to stop all legal action against the former president."
13. Prosecutor talking
14. Various of documents related to defendant Tahir Tawfiq al-Ani
15. Chief prosecutor
16. Various of documents related to to Ali Hassan al-Majeed or "Chemical Ali"
17. Close up of Ali Hassan al-Majeed
++ FILE FOOTAGE SHOWN IN COURT++
18. Various of Ali Hassan al-Majeed in a military uniform saluting as military music playing
++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE OBSCENITY CONTAINED IN ON-SCREEN TRANSLATION++
19. UPSOUND: (Arabic) allegedly Ali Hassan al-Majeed talking about chemical weapons ++ ENGLISH SUBTITLES INCLUDED++
20. Various of explosion with black smoke rising UPSOUND: explosions
21. Families on cart leaving the site
22. Various of bodies on ground
23. Wide of defendants in dock, with Saddam's seat empty
STORYLINE:
Saddam Hussein's trial for the killing of 180-thousand Kurds in the 1980s resumed in Baghdad on Monday with the late dictator's seat empty, nine days after the former Iraqi president went to the gallows.
The court's first order of business was to drop all charges against Saddam Hussein.
Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa said the court decided to stop all legal action against the former president, since "the death of defendant Saddam was confirmed".
Six co-defendants still face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in a military campaign code-named Operation Anfal during the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war.
Shortly after the court reconvened on Monday, a bailiff read out the names of the accused, and the six men - including Saddam's cousin Ali
Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali" - walked silently into the courtroom.
As al-Majid took his seat he tried to turn on his microphone, but the judge quickly shut it off.
Prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon presented a document allegedly signed by one of the defendants, former governor of Mosul Tahir Tawfiq al-Ani, calling for the execution of 10 members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
The prosecutor also aired a video showing the aftermath of chemical weapons attacks on Kurdish areas, with dozens of dead men, women and children.
Accompanying audio allegedly contained the voice of al-Majid saying: "I will hit them with chemical (weapons)."
All seven defendants in the Anfal case, including Saddam, had pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The six remaining defendants are all senior members of Saddam's ousted regime.
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