Saddam's lawyer says defence 'at serious disadvantage'

An American lawyer on Saddam Hussein’s defence team today lashed out at the Baghdad court trying him, saying it was not giving the defence enough time to present its case, intimidated its witnesses and put the defence at “a serious disadvantage”.

Curtis Doebbler chided the chief judge for not responding to a series of defence motions, including ones challenging the court’s legitimacy and seeking documents.