Saddam's lawyers say court is 'dysfunctional'

Saddam Hussein’s lawyers today said the Iraqi court that is trying the deposed leader for war crimes was unlikely to provide him a fair trial.

Saddam Hussein’s lawyers today said the Iraqi court that is trying the deposed leader for war crimes was unlikely to provide him a fair trial.

As he arrived in the Jordanian capital from Baghdad, former US attorney general Ramsey Clark, one of the lawyers, said: “It seems pretty clear, but sad that the court is dysfunctional.”

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