Saddam Hussein trial resumes in Baghdad
13/6/2006 17:20
The trial of Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants on charges of
crimes against humanity resumed on Tuesday with the defense team to present more
witnesses.
Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman began the session with declaring
that he ordered to continue ejecting Saddam's half brother Barzan Ibrahim for a
second session.
"The court decided to continue ejecting defendant Barzan for
his repeated violation of the order of the court," Judge Rahman said.
During
Monday session, Barzan Ibrahim was ordered to be taken out of the court because
he accused the court of terrorizing the defense.
The court listened to more
witnesses on Tuesday session, while Rahman told the defense team that for only
today's session he would be ready to hear witnesses for the defendants as he
accused the defense team of prolonging the course of the trial.
Saddam and
his seven co-defendants are indicted for crimes against humanity for the killing
of 148 Shiite men in the northern Iraqi village of Dujail after a failed
assassination attempt on Saddam's life there in 1982.
If convicted, Saddam
and his aides might face death penalty.
Xinhua News
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