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Experts: Saddam Hussein’s Signature Appears on Crackdown Documents

HeadlineApr 19, 2006

In Iraq, handwriting experts testifying in the trial of Saddam Hussein say they’ve authenticated his signature on documents relating to a crackdown on Iraqi Shiites in the 1980s. The documents reportedly include an order for the killings of 148 Shiite opponents of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

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