Politics & Government
December 29, 2010 4:06 PM
In Baghdad, a museum to Saddam's regime
Images of Saddam Hussein and other defendants testifying in their war crimes trial form part of the display inside the evidence room of the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad, which officials expect to open as a museum in 2011. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Sattar Jabbar, pictured December 29, 2010, an official at the Iraqi High Tribunal, which tried Saddam Hussein and sentenced him to death, said that a museum displaying evidence from the trial will open in 2011. "Other generations have to know what the old regime did and what crimes were committed in Iraq," Jabbar said. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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The chair that Saddam Hussein sat in as a defendant in his trial for crimes against humanity is on display inside the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad. Four years after Saddam's execution, few obvious signs of his rule are evident in Iraq. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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A guide points to a map used by Iraqi military commanders to plan the Anfal campaign in 1988, in which more than 100,000 Iraqis were killed by Saddam Hussein's forces. The map was used as evidence in Saddam's war crimes trial, which culminated in his execution on Dec. 30, 2006. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Scores of documents signed by Saddam Hussein that were used as evidence against him in the war crimes trial that resulted in his execution in 2006 are on display in the evidence room inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. The display is expected to open as a museum in 2011. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Bone fragments unearthed from mass graves in Iraq were used as evidence of crimes against humanity by ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The fragments are now on display inside an evidence room that Iraqi officials expect to open as a museum in 2011. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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A phone, a bandolier, ammunition and forged identity cards found when Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces in December 2003 are on display at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad, Iraq. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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A torture instrument believed to be used by Saddam Hussein's elder son, Uday, to abuse athletes when he was head of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee. The leg irons are on display inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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Photos showing atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq are on display in an evidence room at the Iraqi High Tribunal. The tribunal expects to open the room as a museum in 2011. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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A photo on display in the evidence room of the Iraqi High Tribunal shows a skeleton unearthed from a mass grave. The photo was used as evidence against Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity, for which the ex-Iraqi dictator was executed in 2006. (Shashank Bengali/MCT)
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