Saddam did not confess to mass killings: lawyer
8th Sep 2005, 22:37 GMT
AMMAN (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's chief attorney denied on Thursday that the ousted president had confessed to ordering executions and waging a campaign against Kurds in which thousands of people are said to have been killed.
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