It sounds like he's been getting defensive advice from George Soros and Michael Moore

[travelinman]

Defiant Saddam Refuses to Sign Charges
Thursday, July 01, 2004


A video of the court proceeding, minus audio, aired shortly before 9 a.m. EDT.

"I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq," Saddam said, according to a pool report from inside the proceeding. The former dictator's hands were cuffed when he was brought to the court but the shackles were removed for the 30-minute long arraignment that was held at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace on the outskirts of Baghdad.

A judge read the charges against the Butcher of Baghdad and 11 of his top lieutenants.

The seven broad charges against Saddam are the killing of religious figures in 1974; gassing of Kurds in Halabja (search) in 1988; killing the Kurdish Barzani (search) clan in 1983; killing members of political parties in the last 30 years; the 1986-88 "Anfal" campaign of displacing Kurds (search); the suppression of the 1991 uprisings by Kurds and Shiites; and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

"I cannot believe you, an Iraqi, are charging me with this when you know Kuwait is part of Iraq," Saddam told the judge, later adding, "I did all of these things as president, so don't strip me of that title."


At one point, Saddam said he was only protecting Iraqi people from Kuwaitis who wanted to turn Iraqi people into "prostitutes." The judge interrupted Saddam, saying he is not allowed to use such language in his court.

Saddam questioned the court's jurisdiction, refused to sign a list of seven preliminary charges against him and defended the invasion of Kuwait saying he did it "for the Iraqi people."

The deposed leader called Kuwaitis "dogs" and branded the hearing as "theater," saying the real criminal is President Bush.

"He's the bully he's always been ?. It sounds like he's been getting defensive advice from George Soros and Michael Moore," former U.S. attorney Joe DiGenova told Fox News after the court proceedings were over.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,124383,00.html

<font color="#000002" size="1">[ July 01, 2004 09:59 AM: Message edited by: travelinman ]</font>

[cincygreg]

You had to figure that he would be like this.

Sounds like he thinks he's still in charge or soemthing.