Saddam's lawyers 'don't recognise trial date'

Saddam Hussein’s lawyers won’t recognise the October 19 start of the former Iraqi leader’s trial because they claim they have not been notified of the date by the tribunal trying him, the attorneys said today.

The lawyers “will not recognise any date for the trial if it comes within weeks or months,” said Khalil Dulaimi, Saddam’s Iraqi lawyer, in a written statement issued from Baghdad.