Court resumes in trial of Tariq Aziz
BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 (UPI) — An Iraqi court resumed session Monday in the case against former Iraqi Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz for the execution of several merchants in 1992.
Aziz, a Christian, and seven other defendants face war crimes charges in an Iraqi court for ordering the execution of several businessmen who had protested rising food prices in the wake of U.N. sanctions on the former regime.
Witnesses took to the stand Monday concealed behind a curtain using voice alterations to disguise their identity, Voices of Iraq reported.
The former deputy premier, widely recognized by his coke-bottle glasses and bombastic English, surrendered to U.S. forces shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein. He has been in U.S. custody since then.
