Saddam claims ill-treatment as court hears of Shi’ite’s torture

SADDAM HUSSEIN accused his American captors of torturing him, claiming at his trial yesterday that he had been beaten “everywhere on my body”.

A Shi’ite witness, meanwhile, testified that the former Iraqi leader’s agents had tortured people by ripping off their skin.

The trial’s chief prosecutor, Jaafar al-Mousawi, said he would investigate and added that Saddam would be transferred into the custody of Iraqi troops, if he was deemed to have been abused by the American-led multi-national forces.