Saddam has 'too little time' to prepare case

Plans to hold former Iraq president Saddam Hussein’s trial next month gives too little time to his defence team to prepare his case, a family lawyer complained today.

British-based lawyer Abdel Haq Alani also complained that Saddam’s defence attorneys are being kept in the dark on charges against him and doubted that the trial would start on October 19 as announced by Iraqi officials.