Saddam will boycott next trial session

Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his lawyers will boycott the next session of the deposed leader’s trial in Baghdad to protest the alleged “bias” of the new chief judge appointed to hear the case, his chief lawyer told The Associated Press today.

“There is an unanimous decision by the defence team to not attend Wednesday’s hearing because of the comedy we witnessed in yesterday’s trial,” Iraqi lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said as he arrived in Jordan from neighbouring Iraq.