Special Report: Trial of Saddam Hussein

Tension accelerates in Iraq

Related: Saddam lawyer killed in Baghdad - TV

   BAGHDAD, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi police found the body of the killed lawyer for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

   "Our patrols found a body at about 10:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) in the Sabah al-Khaiyat Square in Ur neighborhood, which later was identified as Khamis al-Ubaidi's," the source said on condition of anonymity.

   He said the victim was kidnapped few days ago from Baghdad's southern district of Doura.

   Earlier, the Iraqi state-run television reported breaking news saying that gunmen assassinated Khamis al-Ubaidi, without giving further details.

   Two of the defense team lawyers for Saddam and his seven top aides were also killed by gunmen in Baghdad in the past, it was reported.  Enditem