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13/02/2006
Saddam causes chaos in court
Saddam Hussein who was forced to attend today's court session at his trial with seven co-defendants caused chaos by defiantly chanting slogans.
Shouting "Down with Bush" and "long live the nation of Islam" the former Iraqi leader was involved in angry exchanges with the chief judge after he declared that he had been forcibly brought before the court.
The defendants also refused to co-operate with court appointed lawyers. Newly appointed Judge Raouf Abdel Rahman denied dismissing the defence and told Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants that their defence team had chosen not to appear in court.
Earlier, one of the co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, struggled with his guards as he was brought into court and then sat on the floor with his back to the bench.
Judge Rahman, who has taken over the trial following the resignation of Judge Rizgar Amin, has adopted a more hardline approach to the conduct of the trial.
The Iraqi chief prosecutor had insisted that Saddam Hussein, who had been boycotting the proceedings, be made to attend the court.
A document produced in court today signed by the former head of Saddam Hussein's presidential office Ahmed Hussein Khudayer al-Samarrai allegedly implicated the former dictator in the killings.
Mr Khudayir denied knowing anything of the 1982 killings in Dujail.
Saddam Hussein and seven others are charged with the killing of 142 Shia villagers in the town of Dujail in 1982.
The trial is to resume on Tuesday.
(SP)
Shouting "Down with Bush" and "long live the nation of Islam" the former Iraqi leader was involved in angry exchanges with the chief judge after he declared that he had been forcibly brought before the court.
The defendants also refused to co-operate with court appointed lawyers. Newly appointed Judge Raouf Abdel Rahman denied dismissing the defence and told Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants that their defence team had chosen not to appear in court.
Earlier, one of the co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, struggled with his guards as he was brought into court and then sat on the floor with his back to the bench.
Judge Rahman, who has taken over the trial following the resignation of Judge Rizgar Amin, has adopted a more hardline approach to the conduct of the trial.
The Iraqi chief prosecutor had insisted that Saddam Hussein, who had been boycotting the proceedings, be made to attend the court.
A document produced in court today signed by the former head of Saddam Hussein's presidential office Ahmed Hussein Khudayer al-Samarrai allegedly implicated the former dictator in the killings.
Mr Khudayir denied knowing anything of the 1982 killings in Dujail.
Saddam Hussein and seven others are charged with the killing of 142 Shia villagers in the town of Dujail in 1982.
The trial is to resume on Tuesday.
(SP)
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