Law and Order; CSI Saddam

BBC

Chaos mars Saddam court hearing
The trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has resumed after a walkout by defence lawyers initially threw the third hearing into disarray.

Saddam Hussein and his half-brother shouted at the judge

...Witness Ahmed Hassan Mohammed al-Dujaili - who says he was among many people arrested in Dujail - then addressed the court. "I heard a knock on the door and secret service people came in," he said. "People were taken to prison and most were killed there. The scene was frightening. Even women with babies were arrested."

..Another, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, said that unless the trial was seen as "absolutely fair", it would "divide rather than reconcile Iraq".
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