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According to one Kurdish group that searches for missing people, some women consider themselves still engaged to fiancés who vanished decades ago, while many married women cannot accept they have become widows.

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Prosecutors selected the massacre — carried out in the predominantly Shi’ite town of Dujail — for the first case against Saddam because it appeared easier to prove than those involving wider allegations of genocide.

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The 140 allegedly killed were accused of taking part in a botched attempt to assassinate Saddam when he visited their village 40 miles north of Baghdad in 1982. Many more were tortured.

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According to government officials, retaliation against the villagers was led by Barzan al-Tikriti, a half-brother of Saddam who was head of intelligence, and by Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former vice-president. They are also on trial.

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However, the case has not proceeded as smoothly as prosecutors hoped. Although 26 witnesses have given heart-wrenching accounts of torture and imprisonment during the crackdown, proving that Saddam was directly responsible has been difficult.