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Evening Standard Last updated at 00:00am on 01.07.04The 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.
