Saddam trial: Defendants testify in court
Three of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants testified for the first time today, denying any role in the deaths and arrests of Shiites in the 1980s, as the trial of the former Iraqi leader entered a new phase.
The three, Mizhar Abullah Ruwayyid, his father Abdullah Ruwayyid and Ali Daih Ali – former officials in Saddam’s ruling Ba’ath Party – stood one-by-one to be directly questioned by the chief judge and prosecutors about the crackdown launched against the Shiite town of Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam.
