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22:06 AEST Thu Jul 1 2004
AFP - An unrepentant Saddam Hussein refused to sign legal papers after seven charges were read against him during his first court appearance, while also defending his 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a tribunal official said.
Dressed in black, the jailed dictator declared, "Kuwait is an Iraqi territory. It was not an invasion," according to the official who attended the 30-minute hearing.
A defiant Saddam also mocked his accusers, describing the process as "theatre" and calling US President George W Bush the real criminal.
Saddam's hands were cuffed when he was brought into court for the arraignment, which lasted about 30 minutes. The cuffs were taken off when he went in.
"I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq," the CNN pool reporter quoted Saddam as saying.
Saddam was flown by helicopter from an undisclosed location and driven to a court room on US base.
He was led from an armoured bus escorted by two Iraqi prison guards and ushered through a door guarded by six more Iraqi policemen, according to CNN, which had a pool reporter monitoring the hearing. The bus was escorted by four humvees and an ambulance.
©AAP 2004
AFP - An unrepentant Saddam Hussein refused to sign legal papers after seven charges were read against him during his first court appearance, while also defending his 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a tribunal official said.
Dressed in black, the jailed dictator declared, "Kuwait is an Iraqi territory. It was not an invasion," according to the official who attended the 30-minute hearing.
A defiant Saddam also mocked his accusers, describing the process as "theatre" and calling US President George W Bush the real criminal.
Saddam's hands were cuffed when he was brought into court for the arraignment, which lasted about 30 minutes. The cuffs were taken off when he went in.
"I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq," the CNN pool reporter quoted Saddam as saying.
Saddam was flown by helicopter from an undisclosed location and driven to a court room on US base.
He was led from an armoured bus escorted by two Iraqi prison guards and ushered through a door guarded by six more Iraqi policemen, according to CNN, which had a pool reporter monitoring the hearing. The bus was escorted by four humvees and an ambulance.
©AAP 2004
