2006年VOA标准英语-Saddam Hears Testimony in Genocide Trial
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Jim Randle
Irbil, Iraq
11 October 2006
Saddam Hussein's genocide trial continued in Baghdad, one day after the ex-leader was expelled from the courtroom. Kurdish witnesses have been telling the court they were raped 2, abused, and kept in horrible conditions.
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Saddam Hussein gestures as he addresses the court during his trial, Oct. 11, 2006
Saddam Hussein was back in the courtroom Wednesday, and he and Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi argued with each other, but in a more subdued 3 fashion than the shouting matches that have characterized other recent trial sessions.
The judge told Saddam that he could talk about legal points, but if he threatened witnesses, his microphone would be cut off.
Saddam quoted a Koranic verse about always fighting against enemies, and the television broadcast of the trial was silent for a while.
The court also heard Kurdish witnesses, including Abdul Khaliq Quadir Aziz, wearing a black and white turban and a green, Kurdish-style shirt.
He said Iraqi military forces attacked his village from two directions with tanks and guns capturing many people, including his sister, brother and father. His siblings 4 disappeared, and his father described terrible conditions in the detention 5 camp where he was confined.
Abdul Khaliq Qadir Aziz pauses as he delivers testimony 6, Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006
Aziz said, according to his father, when they buried an inmate 7 who died in the camp, dogs came along later, and dug up the corpse 8 and ate parts of it. He also said guards beat a captive to death with a cable.
During earlier hearings on Monday and Tuesday, Kurdish witnesses said they were herded 9 into prison camps where they suffered disease, hunger, rape 1, and and watched many relatives die.
Prosecutors 10 say 182,000 Kurds were killed in camps, bombings and poison gas attacks between 1987 and 1988 in a campaign codenamed Operation Anfal.
Ex-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants 11 insist the operation was a legitimate 12 military campaign against separatist guerrillas.
Saddam and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, a former military commander in charge of gas attacks, are accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
The five other co-defendants are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. All seven could be hanged if they are convicted.
The defendants' lawyers are boycotting 13 the trial to protest alleged 14 interference by the Iraqi government, which removed the previous chief judge for alleged bias 15 in favor of the defendants.
Court-appointed lawyers are now conducting the defense 16.
Saddam and some former subordinates also face a separate trial in connection with the deaths of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s in the town of Dujail. That case is set to reconvene next week.
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
- The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
- What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
- The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
- He herded up his goats. 他把山羊赶拢在一起。
- They herded into the corner. 他们往角落里聚集。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
- As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
- They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
- The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
- He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。