BAGHDAD (CNNi) Dec. 5 -- As defense lawyers walked out of the court today, the half-brother of Saddam Barazan Ibrahim, also a defendant at the trial acclaimed: "Why don't you just execute us to get this over with". These words were reported by a CNNi reporter inside the courtroom and censored from being broadcast by U.S. vetters of the trial in a 20-30 minute delayed "LIVE" broadcast.

Saddam Hussein's defense team walk out of court after a heated exchange over the legitimacy of the tribunal. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and two other attorneys for Hussein walked out after Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin refused to hear their complaints. At one point Hussein stood up, shook his fist and shouted, "Long live Iraq."