Experts confirm Saddam’s signature

EXPERTS confirmed the authenticity of Saddam Hussein’s signature on documents connected to a crackdown on Shi’ites in the 1980s, prosecutors said yesterday in a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants.

The report from handwriting experts said a signature on a document approving rewards for intelligence agents involved in the crackdown was Saddam’s.

In an earlier session, Saddam had refused to confirm or deny his signature. Some of his co-defendants had said their alleged signatures on other documents were forgeries.