Saddam urges Iraqis to seek reconciliation

BAGHDAD, Nov 7 (Reuters) Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, back in court two days after being sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity in a separate trial, urged Iraqis today to seek reconciliation.

''I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake hands,'' Saddam told the court trying him for genocide against ethnic Kurds. He was found guilty on Sunday of ordering the killing and torture of hundreds of Shi'ites in the town of Dujail.

No execution is likely before next year.

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