Saddam 'confesses' crimes
08sep05
IRAQ'S president yesterday said Saddam Hussein had confessed to killings and other crimes during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s.
President Jalal Talabani told Iraqi television he had been informed by an investigating judge that he was able to extract confessions about crimes such as executions that the ousted leader had personally ordered.
Asked about specific examples, Mr Talabani, a Kurd, replied, "Anfal", the code name for the 1987-1988 campaign, which his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan maintains led to the deaths of about 182,000 Kurds and the destruction of dozens of Kurdish villages.
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