Saddam Trial May 22 2006 (ARABIC)

1- Details from the trial session (00.00-00.17)

A lawyer for the defense was ejected from the courtroom as the trial of the Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein over the massacre of Shiite villagers resumed on Monday in Baghdad.

2- Shots from the dispute between Lebanese lawyer Bushra Khalil and Judge Rauf Abdel Rahman

The Lebanese lawyer, Bushra Khalil, was ejected from the courtroom after arguing with Judge Rauf Abdel Rahman over her first ejection in April.

The judge told Khalil, "You are a lawyer, you should play by the rules". The lawyer was escorted shouting out of the courtroom.

3- Shots of the dialogue between Saddam Hussein and Judge Rauf Abdel Rahman

After the removal of his lawyer, Saddam Hussein rose, stating, "I am Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq," to which the judge answered, "You were the president, now you are the defendant."

4- Details from the trial session

Witnesses were expected to testify over the 148 Shiites villagers from Dujail sentenced to death by the former revolutionary court judge Awad al-Bandar in 80s. Saddam and his seven co-defendants could face death penalty if founded guilty over the accusations of torture and murder. After the Dujail trial, Hussein and six others will face charges of genocide over the 1988 Anfal campaign that left around 100,000 Kurds dead.

*Soruce: Ihlas News Agency