Saddam's defence team shows DVDs in new session of trial

The judge in the Baghdad trial of Saddam Hussein today allowed the defence to play DVDs it said showed a prosecution witness contradicting his testimony.

The DVDs are part of a defence attempt to question the credibility of Ali al-Haidari, one of the first witnesses to testify in the trial of Saddam and seven former members of his regime. They are charged with crimes against humanity in a crackdown against Shiites launched after a 1982 assassination attempt on Saddam in the town of Dujail