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By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis and the world will get their first glimpse of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) since his capture in December when he and 11 of his top lieutenants are brought to court Thursday to face war crimes charges.
Already there are pretrial negotiations over permitting Saddam's foreign legal team to work in Iraq (news - web sites), whether to televise the proceedings and whether to reinstate the harshest penalty in Iraq's legal code: hanging by the neck until dead.
Iraq will take legal custody of Saddam from the U.S. Army on Wednesday and the former dictator is to make his first court appearance Thursday, where he will be informed of the charges in his arrest warrant, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced Tuesday.
Well, this ought to shake things up a bit!
The one thing that frightens me is that Chalabi is involved. He just might be the reptile running rampant in another thread