Saddam says he's not afraid of execution

Saddam Hussein told the special court trying him today that he was not afraid of execution, and suggested that the first witness against him needed psychiatric treatment.

Following the witness’s testimony, Saddam defended his actions and told the court that he understood the pressures upon it in his trial. He and his seven co-defendants could be executed if convicted in the deaths of more than 140 Shiites in 1982.