Saddam Hussein was pulled out of his "spider hole” exactly a year ago, but since July, when his defiant appearance galvanized those both for and against him, he's been out of sight. The "quick trial” ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants adjourned Thursday until Jan. 24, completing a day of testimony in which an investigating judge said officials never saw evidence ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A new judge cracked down Sunday in a chaotic session of Saddam Hussein's trial, ordering a co-defendant and a lawyer expelled from the courtroom. The entire defense team left in ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The body of a lawyer in Saddam Hussein's trial was found dumped in the street with two bullet wounds in the head hours after gunmen dressed as security forces took him from his office ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein's defiant courtroom performance illustrates the gamble Iraq's new government is taking by rushing to prosecute the ousted dictator even as it deals with an insurgency ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Saddam Hussein followed through Wednesday on his threat to boycott his trial, and the court adjourned until after next week's national elections. Gunmen, meanwhile, kidnapped the ...

Tariq Aziz, who as deputy prime minister was the international face of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, on Wednesday made his first public appearance since the 2003 invasion as a witness for one of Saddam's ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Her voice disguised but her weeping still apparent, a woman testified Tuesday from behind a screen in the trial of Saddam Hussein and his seven lieutenants that she was assaulted and ...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials were trying to persuade the chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein not to resign on Sunday after he announced that he would quit in protest over government interference ...

ALMOST BY definition, no trial of Saddam Hussein and his henchmen will satisfy everyone. Certainly none of the precedents, from the Nuremberg war crimes trials to the International Criminal Tribunal ...