BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam trial sees graphic footage

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam trial sees graphic footage: "Graphic video footage of dead Kurdish civilians allegedly killed in chemical attacks on their villages has been shown at Saddam Hussein's trial.

The footage also showed villagers fleeing clouds of white smoke after aerial attacks.

The former Iraqi leader and six others deny all the charges against them in connection with a campaign against Iraqi Kurds.

More than 100,000 people died in the al-Anfal campaign in the 1980s.

Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The ex-president and his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also face charges of genocide." Read complete post here.