Saddam defence ready to attend hearing
Lawyers defending Saddam Hussein and his aides are willing to attend next week's trial hearing, despite threats to their lives, if the government provides them with proper protection, the team's leader said on Sunday.
Khalil Dulaimi announced earlier this month that the defence team was suspending all contacts with the court trying Saddam for crimes against humanity after the killing of two of its lawyers -- one shot in Baghdad on November 8, one killed on October 20.
On Sunday, he telephoned Reuters from an undisclosed location and said "We are prepared to attend the trial if our demands to secure proper protection are met ... We are ready to attend any moment they tell us and despite our reservations."
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Dulaimi accused his opponents in the judiciary of spreading rumors that the defence was boycotting the trial so that they could appoint their own defence lawyers.
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