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Saddam Hussein faces second trial
 Saddam Hussein in court during his trial on charges of crimes against humanity. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The second trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will begin on August 21 on genocide charges stemming from a deadly campaign against Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s, the Iraqi High Tribunal has announced. The tribunal charged the former Iraqi dictator with genocide in April, after investigative judge Ra'id Juhi announced investigators had completed their work gathering witnesses and evidence and were ready to go to trial. Hussein and six co-defendants -- including Ali Hassan al-Majeed, a former Iraqi general known as "Chemical Ali" -- will stand trial for genocide on charges relating to the so-called Anfal campaign. While the campaign included the gassing of 5,000 civilians in the village of Halabja in 1988, that incident will be prosecuted separately. Estimates of the number of deaths in the Anfal operation range from 50,000 to nearly 200,000. Hussein is already on trial with seven co-defendants from his former regime on charges of crimes against humanity in Dujail, a town north of Baghdad, after a failed assassination attempt against the ex-Iraqi leader in 1982. Hussein and his co-defendants face charges for killing more than 140 Shiite males during the crackdown. Earlier this month the prosecutor in the trial demanded the death penalty for Hussein and two of his top co-defendants. (Full story) Three members of the defense team have been killed during the trial. Khamees al-Ubaidi, a lead defense attorney for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was found on June 21. (Full story) The killings have prompted complaints about security from the defense team, including former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who has called for the abolition of the tribunal and suggested trying the former Iraqi leader in the United States. (Watch what Ramsey Clark has to say about the killing and his own safety -- 1:44) 
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