(28 Feb 2006)
1. UPSOUND: (Arabic) Raouf Abdel-Rahman, Chief judge
(PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 2 AND 3)
"To start with, the defence lawyers. You have previously presented a request to change the judge. With regard to the request to change the head of court, judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman, the criminal court has decided to reject this request."
2. Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein seated quietly in court
3. Wide shot of defendants seated
4. UPSOUND: (Arabic) Khaled al-Dulaimi, Saddam's chief lawyer:
Khaled al-Dulaimi: "I demand an appeal."
Judge: "Yes, you can do so. This is your legal right."
Khaled al-Dulaimi: "I demand the court to be adjourned until..."
Judge: "No, the proceedings are continuing. After the session you can present a request for appeal, according to the law."
Khaled al-Dulaimi: "No, I appeal through you, so that the court can stop looking into the case, and I have to leave the courtroom. Shall I present you with the request?"
Judge: "Yes."
5. Abdel-Rahman
6. Prosecutor talking
7. Saddam's half brother Barzan Ibrahim speaking
8. Abdel-Rahman replying
9. Wide shot of defendants
10. Saddam talking in court
11. Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi speaking in court
12. Close-up of what is purportedly a June 1984 letter approving all 148 death sentences in Dujail
13. Close-up of what is purportedly Saddam's signature on letter
14. Saddam seated listening
15. Letter with list of 148 names
16. Saddam talking
17. Various of document from Revolutionary Court purportedly confirming that 96 executions took place
18. Wide shot of defendants
19. UPSOUND: (Arabic) Jaafar al-Moussawi, Chief prosecutor:
(PART OVERLAID WITH SHOT 20)
"(Talking about a document purportedly approved by Barzan) Carry out the execution order on them secretly and in accordance with the prison's management due to the availability of facilities and place to carry out (the execution). This is a line or an arrow where the head of the intelligence at the time commented with "yes"."
20. Close-up of pen pointing at document
21. Wide shot of court in session
22. Chief judge Abdel-Rahman announcing end of session
23. Saddam listening in court as session ends
STORYLINE
Defence lawyers for former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, attended a session of his trial on Tuesday, ending a month-long boycott of the proceedings.
Tuesday's session was one of the most orderly since the trial began in October.
Saddam and his seven co-defendants entered the court and took their seats silently - a rarity since the former Iraqi leader and his half brother Barzan Ibrahim have shouted slogans or argued with the judge at the start of previous sessions.
Chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman opened the session by announcing the five-judge panel had rejected a defence request that Abdel-Rahman and the chief prosecutor be removed from the trial.
Saddam's chief lawyer Khaled al-Dulaimi said he would appeal that decision, and asked that Tuesday's session be halted immediately, a request Abdel-Rahman refused.
Al-Dulaimi and his colleague Khamis al-Obeidi left the court to prepare an appeal, but the remaining six members of the defence team remained.
Ibrahim stood and argued briefly with Abdel-Rahman, who repeatedly ordered him to sit down.
Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi presented a series of documents concerning the killing of more than 140 Shiites from the town of Dujail in a crackdown launched after an attempt on Saddam's life in 1982.
One of the documents was a memo from the Revolutionary Court, dated June 14, 1984, announcing that 148 suspects had been sentenced to death by hanging, with a list of the names.
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