BAGHDAD (Reuters)
- The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven
co-defendants was adjourned on Monday until December
5 to give one defendant time to get legal
representation, the chief judge said.
Former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan had
rejected a lawyer appointed by the court after his
was killed after the first session of the trial in
October.
The judge, Rizgar Mohammed Amin, ordered the
adjournment so the problem could be resolved.
Another defendant, Barzan al-Tikriti, one of
Saddam's three younger half-brothers, told the judge
he had cancer and that Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari had
agreed that he could receive medical treatment
outside the prison where he is held.
When the judge said he had not seen any request for
this, Tikriti said: "This is indirect death."
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Former dictator Saddam Hussein
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