Arab world is split over the trial of Saddam

From: The Scotsman | Date: October 20, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

THE trial of Saddam Hussein has polarised opinion not only in Iraq, but across the Arab world.

Many Iraqis watched with relief yesterday as the former dictator appeared in a Baghdad courtroom to face the first of a series of trials relating to his brutal three-decade rule.

But others angrily dismissed the trial as a kangaroo court, declaring they did not recognise the US-backed case against a man who still proudly styles himself "the president of Iraq".

Saddam's trial was broadcast with a time delay on major television stations in Iraq. The influential Arab satellite television networks, ...

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