'I want to be tried in Iraq'
18/03/2006 16:22  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - Saddam Hussein wants his trial to remain in Iraq, despite calls by his lawyers and human rights groups for an international tribunal.

Speaking to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Saturday, Saddam's Jordanian lawyer Salih al-Armoti said Saddam rejected calls by his lawyers to be tried abroad.

He quoted the former Iraqi president as saying: "I was born in Iraq and I will die in it".

International human rights lawyers have urged United States officials and the new Iraqi government to send Saddam and his aides to an international court abroad

The defense has branded the proceedings "victor's justice" imposed under US occupation.

The trial has been marred by the resignation of the chief judge in protest of what he said was government meddling, the killing of two defence lawyers and boycotts by Saddam and his attorneys.

- Reuters

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