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I have heard and read that Saddam has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the court...refused to answer questions...complains that only the presiding judge is visible...inisists on his position and authority as sovereign ruler, and its attendant immunity from prosecution, and then, almost as an afterthought, enters a plea of not guilty.

Also, this is an Iraqi court, not an international court, and it is (I think) televised, but with a 20 minute tape delay, to prevent his holding forth and communicating, rallying those outside.

I see absolutely no sense of the presumtion of innocence. Perhaps that's a quaint American judical tradition. Why not just summarily execute him?

It's interesting.