The Court and Public Opinion
December 09, 2005
The trial of Saddam Hussein was back in session this week. Here we saw brief excerpts of courtroom theatrics. But in Baghdad, viewers followed the trial's every twist and turn on TVs throughout the city. Brooke talks to L.A. Times correspondent Borzou Daragahi about the spectacle of the Saddam trial as well as its larger backdrop - the heated campaigning of candidates in next week's parliamentary elections.
