BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein refused to attend his trial for crimes against humanity on Wednesday, bringing the often chaotic proceedings to a halt before the presiding judge decided to press on with the televised hearing without him.
After telling the judges to "go to hell" the night before, the former dictator boycotted what would have been the fifth session of his trial and spent most of the day in talks with lawyers and a battle of wills with the Kurdish presiding judge.
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