Saddam Hussein chief defense counsel Khalil Dulaimi and an associate told reporters Sunday that Saddam and his seven co-defendants would begin a hunger strike Monday to protest the legitimacy of the proceedings against them but shortly...
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Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , said Sunday he had been notified by "the Americans" that defense lawyers for Hussein and his co-defendants would not be allowed access...
Saddam and defense lawyers continue boycott as trial resumes
The Saddam Hussein trial resumed in Baghdad Wednesday with Hussein, four co-defendants, and defense lawyers boycotting the proceedings in protest against the new chief judge. Ra'uf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman was named chief judge...
Khalil Dulaimi, chief defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein said Thursday following up on earlier defense statements that the ousted Iraqi leader intends "very soon" to sue US President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense...
Recent delays in the Saddam Hussein trial have created a "dysfunctional court" that is incapable of conducting a fair hearing, members of Saddam Hussein's legal team, including former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark ,...
Saddam lawyer writes Bush: urges Hussein release to bring peace, slams trial
In a letter to US President George W. Bush, the chief Iraqi defense counsel for Saddam Hussein has urged Hussein's immediate release in order to restore peace in Iraq, and has condemned the ousted president's current...
Saddam Hussein has authorized three more lawyers to work with the four already representing him at his Baghdad trial for the 1982 massacre at Dujail that left as many as...
Saddam half-brother refused US offer of high Iraqi post for testimony: reports
Khalil Dulaimi, chief Iraqi defense counsel for Saddam Hussein, told the Jordanian newspaper Al Arab Al Yawm in a report published Monday that Saddam Hussein's half brother, Barzan Ibrahim had been offered...
Iraqi defense counsel demands investigation into Saddam torture claim
Following more allegations Friday that Saddam Hussein has been tortured by his American captors, lawyers for the ousted ruler have asked his Baghdad court for an independent investigation. Chief Iraqi lawyer Khalil Dulaimi said Sunday that Saddam...
Iraqi defense counsel says he saw marks of torture on Saddam
Khalil Dulaimi, chief Iraqi lawyer for Saddam Hussein , claimed Friday in an interview with the Associated Press that his client had been "severely tortured" by Americans during his detention, bolstering Saddam's own claims dramatically...