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BAGHDAD, Dec. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Trial for former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was adjourned on Wednesday to Dec.
21.
After two witnesses gave testimony on
Wednesday's proceeding with the absence of Saddam, chief judge Rizkar Mohammed
Amin announced the adjournment.
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| Caption With the chair of former Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein remaining empty appear at Saddam Hussein's trial
held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Dec.
7. | The next resumption
of trial will be held after the scheduled Iraqi general elections due on Dec.
15, said Amin.
Wednesday's session last only two
and a half hours, which was the fifth proceeding since the trial started on Oct.
19.
Earlier on Wednesday, the trial was delayed
because Saddam refused to appear in court and his defense lawyers held
discussion with the judges to settle "procedural problems", according to court
officials.
At the end of Tuesday's court
proceeding, Saddam vowed that he would not return to the court, complaining that
he had no fresh clothes and had been deprived of shower and exercise
facilities.
"I will not return. I will not come
to an unjust court. Go to Hell," an angry Saddam shouted at the court.
The trial of Saddam and his seven aides resumed
without Saddam in a court in central Baghdad on Wednesday after hours of delay
due to Saddam's refusal to appear in court.
The
seat of Saddam on the dock was empty but his seven co-defendents were present.
Saddam's defense team thanked the judges for resuming the trial without Saddam
in court.
Saddam and his seven co-defendants
were tried on charges of crimes against humanity including the killing of 148
Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail, north of Baghdad, in 1982 after an
attempt on the then president's life.
All the
eight defendants pled not guilty.
If convicted,
they might be put to death. Enditem |
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