Saddam protest his trial which adjourned for two weeks
Iraq, Politics, 12/8/2005

The Iraqi court specialized in the so-called "al-Dajil case" for which the toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is being tried together with seven of his aides was adjourned until December 31st.

The court held its fifth session on Wednesday after a three hour delay from its set original time in the absence of Saddam Hussein with whom all attempts failed to push him to change his decision not to attend the session in protest of the conditions of detentions and the difficult trial he and his aides are exposed to.

At the beginning of the session in which two witnesses were heard, the chairman of the court judge Razkar Amin said that the "court will continue and will brief the accused on the course of the trial during his absence. And I am here talking about Saddam Hussein."

The special court on Wednesday morning held a close door session with the defense team of Saddam Hussein but did not end with the result judge Zarkar wanted who wanted Hussein to attend the trial. Saddam discussed with his lawyers in front of the hall of the court the second issue, refusing to enter the hall.

Hussein was very angered by the end of the four session of his trial on Tuesday which lasted five and a half hours. He had addressed the chairman of the court Zarkar Amin saying "go to hell, I will not return back to unfair court."

The toppled Iraqi president stressed that he and his aides are prevented from changing their clothes or take a shower, from smoking or from having walking exercises. He also protested against the short time given for them to give their interventions to give their views in the trial which he said does not exceed 10%, describing that as "terrorism." Saddam accused the Americana and the Israelis of planning to execute him, stressing that he does not care about that. He added "what I am careful about is to please my God and humanity and the American people to know what their rulers had committed against the Arab nation." Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrated in al-Auja city in Tikrit in protest of the trial which they described as unfair.

On the other hand, the American President George W. Bush described the trial as democratic and considered it as an indication for the progress which took place in Iraq.

Meantime, the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari stressed that the trial is fair and allows the others to express their views. He said that all the Iraqis want to have a quick sentence issued against Saddam because he had committed a crime in every and each Iraqi house, as he alleged.

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