Iraq lawyer to publish first volume of book on Saddam's life

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AMMAN (AFP) — The first of a three-volume book on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's life from childhood to the day of his execution is to be published later this year, Iraqi lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said on Tuesday.

Dulaimi told AFP he has been working "day and night to compile the memoirs of the late Iraqi 'rayess' (leader in Arabic) so as to publish the first volume by the end of the year."

The leader of Saddam's defence team in court said the three volumes would run to more than 2,000 pages, covering his life "from childhood to his youth... his rise to power and the last day of his life."

It will contain 400 texts handwritten by Saddam, as well as interviews which the slain dictator gave to Dulaimi in his prison cell and details about his life in US...