CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter praised her uncle, Barzan Ibrahim, and the others currently on trial with her father as "Iraq's real men," in an interview aired Sunday on pan-Arab satellite network Al-Arabiya.

Raghad Saddam Hussein called the trial "a farce and unfair" and praised the seven men who are facing charges with her father for the deaths of 148 Shiite Muslims in 1982 in the town of Dujail, particularly her uncle.

"My uncle Barzan has been remarkable in court, very courageous and a real hero," Hussein said. "He has clarified the wrong impression that was made about Iraqi men. Those who surround my father, they are what could be called Iraq's real men, the honorable image that represents our country."...