Saddam Hussein hearings: a show trial orchestrated in Washington

The three days of hearings this week in the trial of Saddam Hussein have demonstrated once again the fraudulent and illicit character of the stage-managed proceedings.

No justice is possible in a court established by the illegal US occupation of Iraq. Every aspect of the trial, from the choice of judges and charges to the court statutes and the contrived media coverage, has been supervised by US officials. A small army of American lawyers operating from the US embassy advises the judges and prosecution on the case.

Lashing out at the legal sham, Hussein exclaimed: "How is it [the court] legitimate if it is set up by the Americans!" He declared that he was not afraid of being executed and refused to take part in proceedings on Wednesday, saying: "I will not be in a court without justice. Go to hell, you and your agents of America!"

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