Saddam on hunger strike

[Flabbergasted]

Saddam on a hunger strike
2/14/2006 6:00:00 PM GMT

Saddam Hussein told the court that he and his co-defendants are on hunger strike


Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told the court on Tuesday that he and his co-defendants are on a hunger strike to protest their treatment, BBC reported.

"We have been on a hunger strike for three days," Saddam Hussein declared as the trial resumed for its 12th session since it opened last October.

He then denounced the court as a U.S. puppet and shouted in praise of the Iraqi people, saying "Long live the great Arab nation" and "long live the mujahideen.”

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10606

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Fair trials are a wonderful thing

and a mark of civilization, but they do give a podium to megalomaniacs, eg Milosevic at The Hague. Very wearying.