伊拉克特别法庭17日召开新闻发布会，对前总统萨达姆提出第一项指控，称其在统治伊拉克期间犯下屠杀罪行。外电报道如下：The Iraqi Special Tribunal has brought its first charges against Saddam Hussein for alleged¹ crimes during his reign², the tribunal announced Sunday.

The charges were announced by Judge Raed Juhi, chief investigative judge of the tribunal. They are connected with a 1982 series of detentions³ and executions after an assassination⁴ attempt on Saddam in Dujayl.

Charges against five other men were announced in February. The men will not be tried individually.

Tribunal在此表示“特等法庭，裁判所”，此外还有“法官席，审判员席，制裁，公断”之意，例如：the tribunal of public opinion（舆论的公断）；a military tribunal（军事法庭）；arbitral tribunal（仲裁法庭）；stand before the tribunal of public opinion（受到公众舆论的制裁）等。

调查人员称，萨达姆1982年在巴格达北部的杜杰勒村制造屠杀事件，杀死大量什叶派穆斯林，证据确凿。从该事件入手对萨达姆进行审判，能增加萨达姆获罪的可能性，是伊拉克特别法庭目前最佳的选择。