Sadoun Nasouaf al-Janavi, a defense lawyer acting for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants has been kidnapped, along with 7 others, from his office in eastern Baghdad.
Sadoun Nasouaf al-Janavi is one of 13 lawyers on the defense team at the trial in which the identities of 4 out of 5 of the judges have been kept secret.
Only the identities of the lead prosecutor and chief judge have been revealed and the trial is due to restart on 28 November.