The trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants over alleged Dujail massacre resumed in Baghdad on Tuesday.

Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman started the court's 30th session with asking the defense team not to present new lists of defense witnesses.

"Every session you (defense team) bring us a new list of witnesses. In this way the listening to witnesses will never end," Rahman said.

"The court should not listen to all of these lists, and will accept no more lists of witnesses," he added.

On Monday eight defense witnesses, including two former interior ministers of Saddam regime, testified for Saddam, his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al- Tikriti and former chief judge Awad Hamad al-Bander.

Saddam and his seven co-defendants are indicted for crimes against humanity including the killing of 148 Shiite men in the northern Iraqi town of Dujail after Saddam survived an assassination attempt in 1982.

If convicted, Saddam and his aides might face death penalty.

Source: Xinhua