Saddam's defence team says lawyers will attend trial

Defence lawyers will attend next week’s trial of Saddam Hussein and former top members of his regime, dropping a threat to boycott the proceedings because of the killing of two counsel, a spokesman for the defence said today.

“All the lawyers will attend the trial on Monday and a decision has been taken not to leave the (toppled Iraqi) President (Saddam Hussein) alone,” said Issam Ghazawi.