Defense team in Saddam trial demands security after lawyer kidnapped

Saturday, October 22, 2005

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. A fearful defense team demanded Friday that the trial be delayed or moved out of Iraq.

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