Saddam Hussein's trial in 2005, two years after he was ousted by a U.S.-led invasion, was a chance for Ali Hassan al-Haidari to avenge the execution of his brothers and others from his village who were killed by the Iraqi dictator's security forces
Prosecutors said more than 140 people from the Shi’ite Muslim farming village that lies about 60 km north of Baghdad, were hunted down, tortured and killed. They said women and children were sent to a desert internment camp. Many disappeared.
Allowing his face to be broadcast on television carried risks. "I was under special security measures when going out and my movements were limited," he said.
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