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Saddam to be in Iraqi custody

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Iraq's new government was set to take over legal custody of ousted President Saddam Hussein and other top officials of the former regime June 30, but the U.S. military will retain physical custody.

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said at a news conference June 29 that Saddam would be formally charged July 1, although the trial would take months.

Allawi said U.S.-led forces would retain physical custody of Saddam and the 11 others until Iraq's police force was able to detain them securely.

"These people . . . the most notorious and high-profile detainees . . . will face justice before the special Iraqi court (the Iraqi Special Tribunal) created in January to try members of the former regime for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes," he said.

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