BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein accused U.S. forces on Wednesday of beating him in custody, after witnesses in his trial gave evidence linking the former Iraqi president and his henchmen to alleged killings and torture.
"I have been hit by the Americans and tortured," Saddam said towards the end of a hearing in which he was largely subdued. "I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body."
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