Appearing sometimes animated, sometimes combative, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein heard charges against him for crimes during his rule. "This is all a theater" designed by President Bush, whom he called a criminal, to win re-election, Saddam said.
Appearing before a judge in a 30-minute hearing, Saddam looked thin and downcast, but became animated and at times combative as proceedings unfolded.
<b>When he was ushered into the court, the judge asked him his name and twice he said, "I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq."</b>
The former dictator listened to seven preliminary charges outlined in his arrest warrant -- the killing of religious figures in 1974; gassing of Kurds in Halabja in 1988; killing the Kurdish Barzani clan in 1983; killing members of political parties in the last 30 years; the 1986-88 ''Anfal'' campaign of displacing Kurds; the suppression of the 1991 uprisings by Kurds and Shiites; and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait
It goes on and on. He really is mad.
Oh wait. Is that johnny cockaroach on his way to Ireq?