Saddam’s lawyers see trial from Jordan

who claim to represent Saddam Hussein cried out in protest as they watched television pictures of the Iraqi dictator appearing before a judge today, saying they should have been by his side.

Saddam’s appearance at an arraignment held in what had been one of his palace compounds dominated Arab TV.

It was perhaps watched nowhere as closely as in the Amman, Jordan, offices of lawyers who say they were appointed to defend Saddam by the ousted dictator’s wife, Sajidah.