Saddam listened to the evidence silently. But when it was his turn to talk, Hussein dodged around questions, made dramatic and politically charged comments and lambasted the court. ‘‘Your title and position are illegal and illegitimate,’’ Saddam told Judge Raouf Rasheed Abdel Rahman. ‘‘How can you judge the president of Iraq who stood as a spear against all who plotted against Iraq?’’ The judge and the prosecutor appeared to be exasperated by Hussein’s monologues. —Borzou Daragah
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