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Date set for Saddam verdict

A verdict against Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants charged with crimes against humanity in connection with an anti-Shiite crackdown in the 1980s will be announced Nov. 5, chief investigating judge Raid Juhi said Oct. 11. Sentences for those found guilty will be issued the same day, he said.

Chief investigating judge Raid Juhi AP PHOTO

Saddam could be hanged if convicted. However, he could appeal the sentence to a higher, nine-judge court.

Saddam, meanwhile, told Iraqis in an open, three-page letter that Iraq's "liberation is at hand" and called on Sunni insurgents to show mercy to their enemies. He also urged Iraqis to set aside sectarian and ethnic divisions and instead focus on driving U.S. forces out of Iraq.

The letter appeared designed to cast the former president in the role of a nationalist leader who could reconcile and rebuild a nation beset by rising sectarian violence.

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