Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 598 Thu. February 02, 2006       International Saddam trial opens with closed session Following a closed session of court, the chair of Saddam Hussein remains empty, as his co-defendants, 1st row left to right, Mohammed Azawi Ali, Abdullah Kadhem Ruaid: and, 2nd row center, Ali Dayim Ali, appear for their trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday. The Iraqi High Tribunal convened Wednesday for the ninth hearing of the trial of Saddam and seven co-defendants, accused in the 1982 killing of more than 140 Shiites after an assassination attempt against the president in Dujail. PHOTO: AFP