Three of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants testified for the first time today, denying any role in the deaths and arrests of Shiites in the 1980s, as the trial of the former Iraqi leader entered a new phase.

More than 1,000 protesters burned a British flag and the regional administration in Iraq’s main southern province severed all ties with British authorities over video footage showing British soldiers allegedly beating and kicking Iraqi youths.

More than 1,000 protesters burned a British flag today and the regional administration in Iraq’s main southern province severed all ties with British authorities over video footage showing British soldiers beating and kicking Iraqi youths two years ago.

Anger over the alleged abuse of Iraqis by British forces prompted Basra Provincial Council to sever relations with the British on Tuesday, while two purported victims demanded compensation from London.

At least two Iraqis claiming to have been beaten by British soldiers during a 2004 demonstration today said that they would take legal action against the British military and seek compensation.

The bodies of 13 blindfolded and bound men were found shot multiple times in the head execution style in Baghdad’s Sadr City today.

A Palestinian terror leader today called on Arabs to volunteer to help defend Iraq in the event of an Anglo-American invasion.

An American who became a peace activist after her sister was killed in one of the planes hijacked on September 11 is in Baghdad to meet Iraqis who lost loved ones in the 1991 Gulf War.