A French attorney for Saddam Hussein today dismissed an Iraqi court’s statement that the former dictator had fired an international defence team, but conceded the team could only provide behind-the-scenes help.

Saddam Hussein has fired his legal defence team excepting an Iraqi lawyer who is the only person authorised to represent him.

The family of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, has said it has dissolved his Jordan-based legal team, cancelling the power of attorney it had given to international lawyers in a move seen as reorganising Saddam’s legal counsel ahead of his upcoming trial.

Saddam Hussein’s family says it has dissolved the Jordan-based legal team cancelling the power of attorney it had given to international lawyers in a move seen as reorganising the former Iraqi dictator’s legal counsel ahead of his upcoming trial.

Jordan has refused to license the printing of a novel written by Saddam Hussein because it would harm the kingdom’s relations with its eastern neighbour, a senior government official said today.

Saddam Hussein’s family will publish next week a novel written by the ousted Iraqi leader before the US-led war on Iraq, his daughter said today.

The interrogation of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has stopped until he appoints lawyers, the director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal said.

Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter wants to return home from her Jordanian exile, saying her life has been full of emotional suffering.

A letter from Saddam Hussein has been delivered to his daughters in Jordan after a US censor cleared it, the Red Cross said today.

SADDAM HUSSEIN’S family wants the former Iraqi leader to be tried by an international court instead of a special tribunal set up by the US-installed Iraqi Governing Council, one of his daughters said yesterday.

Saddam Hussein’s family wants the former Iraqi leader to be tried by an international court instead of a special tribunal set up by the US-installed Iraqi Governing Council, one of his daughters said today.

A glance at the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein:

While Saddam Hussein is spearheading what he dubs a holy war against occupying Anglo-American troops in Iraq, two of his daughters and their nine children are leading a low-profile, Western-style life under the protection of King Abdullah.

Saddam Hussein’s daughters have expressed deep affection for their father in interviews, but said they did not know where he was and that they last saw him a week before the Iraqi war started.

SADDAM Hussein’s daughters will not be given asylum in Britain, a Home Office source said yesterday.

Two of Saddam Hussein's daughters are reportedly planning to seek asylum in Britain.

Two of Saddam Hussein’s daughters are to seek asylum in Britain, a relative said in remarks published today.

A top Iraqi nuclear scientist recently spent time in Syria, and Saddam Hussein’s first wife may be there now, US intelligence officials said.