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Saddam tells judge (he) will stop attending hearings
ABC News ^ | December 5, 2006

Posted on 12/05/2006 6:26:08 PM PST by Zakeet

AMMAN - Saddam Hussein wrote to the judge in the ethnic Kurdish genocide trial to tell him he would no longer attend court sessions to protest against being repeatedly silenced from speaking, his chief lawyer said on Tuesday.

In the letter which was handed to a defense team lawyer who saw him on Monday, the former Iraqi leader said he and his defense team had been denied "clarifying the truth" over his role in a military campaign that killed up to 180,000 people.

Saddam, who is awaiting an appeal against a death sentence from a separate case for the killing of Shi'ite villagers in the 1980s, was furious when the judge refused to give him an opportunity to refute prosecution allegations he swindled $10 billion of state assets.

"When I tried to clarify what happened by raising my hand three times I was not given a chance," Saddam wrote in the handwritten letter released by his lawyers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; saddam; saddamtrial; trial
Phrase of the day, "clarifying the truth."

This guy is obviously well qualified for a position with MSM, DNC, or the liberal arts faculty at just about any US university.

1 posted on 12/05/2006 6:26:10 PM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

when he raises his hand again,..........whack it off.


2 posted on 12/05/2006 6:27:17 PM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: Zakeet

Just as long as he attends the hanging.


3 posted on 12/05/2006 6:27:31 PM PST by xp38
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[Saddam tells judge(he)will stop attending hearings]



Saddam is going to stop doing a lot of things pretty soon.


4 posted on 12/05/2006 6:27:40 PM PST by spinestein (There is no pile of pennies so large that I won't throw two more on top.)
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To: Zakeet
I read on another thread that Saddam may escape execution by turning 70yrs. of age. Iraqi law prohibits the execution of one 70 and over.

Saddam is delaying as much as he can. If those trying the case have any sense they will liquidate him ASAP.

5 posted on 12/05/2006 6:30:36 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Zakeet

Maybe Saddam prefers his spider hole

The solider holding Saddam was spit on by the thug, The solider cold cocked him.

That 's why he out like a light

6 posted on 12/05/2006 6:32:25 PM PST by Popman ("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
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(he) will stop attending hearings...

OH, that Saddam... he's so Prophetic!

7 posted on 12/05/2006 7:09:01 PM PST by C210N (Bush SPIED, Terrorists DIED!)
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Saddam tells judge (he) will stop attending hearings

Considering he'll be swinging from a rope soon .. that's a pretty good bet

8 posted on 12/05/2006 7:10:32 PM PST by Mo1 (Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
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Though I would like to see the POS hang … his ultimate fate is secure, hell is his ultimate reward. Let him die in prison, what do I care, as long as he stays in prison until he dies.

By the way … if I were the Judge, I would make him attend every minute of the trial weather he wants to be there or not.


9 posted on 12/05/2006 7:16:26 PM PST by doc1019
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"When I tried to clarify what happened by raising my hand three times I was not given a chance," Saddam wrote in the handwritten letter released by his lawyers.

Perhaps all those times you yelled insults, disrupted the court, publicly dissed the judge and tried to establish yourself as the supreme authority in your own trial might have had some influence upon the mood of the judge...?

10 posted on 12/05/2006 9:50:28 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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