XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN NOV 27 2005 17:05:23 ET XXXXX
WHITE HOUSE PLAN IF SADDAM FOUND 'NOT GUILTY'
Senior Bush administration officials have considered the unthinkable: What if Saddam Hussein is found not guilty in his trial?
"There will be more charges filed against him, and more charges after that, if needed... he has committed tremendous crimes," a top Bush source explained last week from Washington.
Saddam and seven of his former henchmen currently face charges of crimes against humanity over a 1982 massacre of Shiite villagers.
A defiant Saddam has refused to recognize the court and has declared himself president of Iraq.
Prosecutors hope to win a conviction by using videotape of Saddam issuing assignation orders.
Meanwhile, Iraqi police say they have captured an Al-Qaeda cell plotting to kill the chief judge in charge of building the case against Saddam.
The trial resumes Monday after a five-week recess.
Developing...
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