Standing trial: Saddam Hussein

Many Iraqis, particularly from the Shiite Muslim majority and the Kurdish minority -- the two communities most oppressed by Saddam's regime -- have eagerly awaited the chance to see the man who ruled Iraq with unquestioned power held to justice.

Iraqis at an electronics shop watch the start of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad.

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