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The hearing went like this:

Judge: Are you Saddam Hussein al-Majid?

Saddam: Yes

Judge: Were you born on 28 April, 1937?

Saddam: Yes Judge: Are you the former president of Iraq?

Saddam: I am the current president of Iraq

Judge: Were you leader of the Ba'ath party and head of the armed forces?

Saddam: Yes. Can you introduce yourself?

Judge: I am the judge of the investigative court

Saddam: Do you represent the American coalition?

Judge: I represent the Iraqi people ... You have the right to examine witnesses and documents

Saddam: Everyone here knows this is a theatre carried out by Bush the criminal to win the election

Judge: You are charged with seven crimes [Lists them, ending with invasion of Kuwait]

Saddam: How can you charge me with this? You are an Iraqi and everyone knows Kuwait is part of Iraq

Judge: This is not a trial. I am a prosecuting judge investigating

Saddam: I carried out these acts in my capacity as president of Iraq

Judge: You have a right to defence attorneys

Saddam: According to the Americans I have millions of dollars in Geneva so I should be able to afford one

Judge: Do you have anything else to say?

Saddam: In Kuwait I was defending the Iraqi people from those Kuwaiti dogs who wanted to turn their women in to 10-dollar prostitutes

Judge: Do not use that language in this court. Will you now sign this document listing your rights?

Saddam: No

Judge: Let it be recorded that he has not signed. You are dismissed from the court.

 

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