Does anyone really care? Apparently Saddam's hunger strike, in its 17th day, has landed this pathetic excuse in the hosptial and on a feeding tube.
Saddam on the 17th day of a "hunger strike", is now in a hospital.
Protest against court procedures
Saddam, 69, and three others — presumed to be co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim, Taha Yassin Ramadan and Awad al-Bandar — have been refusing food since dinner on July 7 to protest the Iraqi High Tribunal procedures and security for their defense attorneys, three of whom have been slain.Saddam and the others are charged in a crackdown on Shiites in the town of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt against the Iraqi leader. Final summations have begun, and the next session is set for Monday.
But Saddam’s lawyers said they would boycott Monday’s session. Saddam was not scheduled to appear in court until Wednesday, al-Moussawi said.
The hunger strike was launched after the June 21 slaying of Khamis al-Obeidi, the third member of the defense team to be assassinated since the trial began in October. The defense team has blamed Shiite militiamen for al-Obeidi’s death.
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