Saddam took a beating for insulting holy men of Islam

You got served! Don't dance back!

"Asked whether the shrines of the Imams Hussein and Abbas in the city had been attacked by Iraqi forces, Saddam at first pretended not to know the two holy figures of Shia Islam.

But he then said: 'Who do you mean? Those manayich [buggers]?' According to the Iraqi lawyer, two of the court's clerks who had been taking notes then lunged at the former dictator and started to punch him.

Saddam fought back until the judge succeeded in restoring order, but not before the ex-dictator's head was bruised. US guards posted outside the makeshift courthouse in Baghdad found the incident amusing and did not intervene, the lawyer claimed." (more) Telegraph | News | Saddam took a beating for insulting holy men of Islam