Saddam Hussein in court says on hunger strike turbulent scenes

Saddam, Barzan and two other defendants also told the court they were on hunger strike to protest the tough stances of chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman.
Abdel-Rahman took over the court last month and has worked to impose order in a court where outbursts and arguments have frequently overshadowed the testimony.
Saddam said he hadn't eaten in three days, while Ibrahim said he'd been on strike for two days.
Their claims of a hunger strike could not be independently confirmed.
The defendants are being held in US detention, and US officials could not immediately be reached to comment.
The prosecution continued its attempts to prove Saddam and his seven co-defendants were directly involved in a wave of arrests and executions that followed a 1982 alleged assassination attempt against the then Iraqi leader in the Shiite village of Dujail.