SADDAM MEETS HIS LAWYER
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December 17, 2004 -- AMMAN, Jordan - Saddam Hussein met yesterday with a defense lawyer for the first time since his capture a year ago, said the chief of the tyrant&#39;s legal team.
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The trial of Saddam Hussein for   genocide against Kurds resumed on Thursday in a central Baghdad   courtroom, with a witness taking the stand to describe how his   village was attacked in 1988 by artillery and warplanes.
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AN Iraqi cleric has said he met British hostage Ken Bigley, who is being held in Baghdad.
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Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
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Lawyers for the former deputy Malaysian leader attend a hearing to try to overturn his corruption conviction.
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BAGHDAD: War crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his closest lieutenants moved forward yesterday when his feared cousin known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; was the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate.
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Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals on Sunday, the Iraqi chief prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some human rights experts as unfair and flawed.
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The lawyer for a Marine squad leader accused of kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi civilian wants to return to Iraq to gather more evidence and interview possible witnesses.
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BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday for the latest hearing in his trial for   genocide against ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraq's prime minister during a surprise visit here Tuesday, congratulating him on the passage of legislation reinstating former Saddam Hussein loyalists to government jobs and pushing for progress on other benchmark laws.
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War crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his closest lieutenants have moved forward with his feared cousin known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; being the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate.
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Saddam Hussein&#39;s former deputy, Ali Hassan al-Majid - widely known as Chemical Ali - has been questioned by Iraqi judges in a pre-trial hearing.
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One of Saddam Hussein&#39;s lawyers says the former Iraqi leader is refusing food, despite reports to the contrary. French lawyer Emmanuel Ludot says he wants the International Red Cross to check on Saddam&#39;s condition.
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The trial of Saddam Hussein and six   former commanders on charges of launching a genocidal campaign   against Iraq's ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s resumed in a   Baghdad courtroom on Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer Thursday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on war crimes.
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BAGHDAD -- Tariq Aziz, a jailed former senior aide to Saddam Hussein, wants to write a book about Hussein but rejected reports that he will testify against the former dictator, his lawyer said yesterday. Aziz also denied there was any corruption in the UN-run oil-for-food program.