The Importance of Clean Underwear

The surreal Saddam Hussein trial is prime real estate for the careful & wry reporting of John F. Burns. He has a way of presenting facts in the most Alice in Wonderland way. Here’s his take (written with Robert F. Worth) on what happened at the end of the day yesterday in a building near the airport in Baghdad:

As the court adjourned, Mr. Hussein jumped from his chair and said he was exhausted and had been wearing the same clothes and

underwear
for three days. He asked for a delay.

When the judge, Rizgar Muhammad Amin, refused, Mr. Hussein flew into a rage.

“I will not be in a court without justice,” he said. “Go to hell, you and your agents of America!”

Classic shit.