BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In the year since he was captured and hustledaway to a secret location, Saddam Hussein has taken up gardening,undergone a hernia operation and written poetry that one visitordescribes as "rubbishy."
What he has not done is meet with any of the 20 lawyers claimingto represent him. And with the country in the grips of an insurgency,predicting when Iraq's most famous prisoner will be tried is noeasier now than it was on the day he was pulled from his hiding spotin a spider hole near Tikrit.
When Saddam first appeared before an Iraqi court in July, someofficials predicted a swift trial. Ever since, they have saidOctober, November or December. Now, they …
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