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Saddam Hussein ends hunger strike lawyer
Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has ended on health grounds a hunger strike he began earlier this month to protest against the conduct of his trial, his chief lawyer said yesterday.
?The president maintained his hunger strike for 11 days but was forced to end it for health reasons,? Khalil Dulaimi, who met Saddam for seven hours in Baghdad on Sunday, told Reuters.
Saddam, on trial since last October for crimes against humanity, threw already chaotic proceedings into more turmoil on Feb. 14 by saying he and seven co-accused had been staging a hunger strike for the past three days.
The former president, who accused the court of forcing him to attend hearings that he wished to boycott, said at the time that the fast was ?to protest the way they brought us to court?.
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