SADDAM HUSSEIN was forced to attend his trial yesterday, looking haggard and wearing an Arab robe rather than his usual suit but walking in on his own, shouting “Down with Bush”.

A BOMB exploded outside the house of one of Iraq's most important Shi'ite clerics yesterday, killing three guards and injuring 10 others.

Terrorists detonated a bomb outside the house of one of the most important Muslim Shiite clerics in Iraq today, killing three guards and injuring 10 others including family members.

Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz has told interrogators that Saddam Hussein survived the two attempted decapitation strikes against him, it was reported today.

Secret documents discovered in Baghdad are evidence of a direct link between Saddam Hussein’s regime and Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida terrorist network, according to a report today.

A FORMER Iraqi intelligence official allegedly linked to al-Qaida has been captured by US forces, American officials said yesterday.

Former Iraqi spymaster Farouk Hijazi, captured by US forces, could be the man to link Saddam Hussein’s regime to Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network.

SPECIAL operations units in the US military have contacted Iraq’s notorious secret police to attempt to acquire documents which might show Baghdad’s links with al-Qaida.

Special operations units in the US military have contacted Iraq’s notorious secret police to attempt to acquire documents showing Baghdad’s links with al-Qaida, it was reported today.

AN unwitting co-author of Tony Blair’s damning dossier on Saddam Hussein said last night that he didn’t want his work used to justify a war in Iraq.

The FBI is questioning as many as 50,000 Iraqis living in the US in a search for potential terrorist cells, spies or people who might provide information helpful to a US war effort.