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Saddam Trial Adjourned After New Shouting Matches
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10F2AF4:3919ACA Saddam shouted
'down with traitors, down with Bush,... long live the Islamic nation'
as he entered the court in Baghdad Monday





Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein gestures in court inside the
heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq as the latest session of
his trial began Monday, Feb. 13, 2006

The Baghdad trial of Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants has
been adjourned until Tuesday after new shouting matches featuring the
deposed president. 

Saddam, wearing a long robe instead of his usual suit, called the
trial "a game" and insulted the chief judge (Raouf Abdel Rahman).

He yelled "down with traitors, down with Bush, long live the Islamic
nation." 

Saddam, who boycotted the previous session, said he was forced to
attend Monday.  Two of his former aides (Ahmed Khudayr, who ran
Saddam's offices, and Hassan al-Obeidi, the former chief of foreign
intelligence) also said they were forced to attend and refused to
testify.   

Saddam and the others are on trial for the massacre of 140 villagers,
all Shi'ite Muslims, after an assassination attempt against Saddam
more than 20 years ago.

Violence continued during the trial, with a suicide bomber killing
seven people outside a Baghdad bank.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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