[Kaslin]

But the others, who were brought to the court together by American troops - while Mr. Hussein arrived and departed alone with a separate American guard - seemed mostly intent on winning the judge's favor.

These don't look like American guards to me

In this image cleared by the US military and released Friday July 2, 2004, Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) is lead to an armored vehicle after leaving a courtroom in chains Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karen Ballard/Pool

[summer]

Thanks for posting those photos.

[txrangerette]

These guards are Iraqi. I can only
surmise there were Americans who
handed him off & received him back
from & into custody. Surely Burns
noticed this.

[FierceDraka]

Those pictures of that rotten tyrant being led around in chains made me smile. ;-)