The whole process has been criticized by the Shiites for a slow beginning with a brief opening session on Oct. 19, followed by a 40-day delay and then a two hour session on Nov. 28, and then a week-long adjournment.
The trial has been plagued by a range of problems since its inception, most notably serious security issues.
On Sunday, Iraqi security forces announced they foiled one insurgent group's plot to fire rockets at the court building.
Police previously said they discovered a plot to assassinate the court's top investigative judge, while two defense lawyers were assassinated.
Aside from Saddam and his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti, head of intelligence at the time of the massacre, the defendants include Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam's former vice president and Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, head judge of the revolutionary court.
There are also four little known Baath officials who worked in Dujail at the time of the alleged massacre, which took place after an assassination attempt against Saddam's convoy. All have pleaded not guilty.
In the last session, the court was shown testimony from wheelchair-bound Waddah Ismail al-Sheikh, a former intelligence official, who implicated Barzan in the Dujail massacre.
The official died after the recording was made.
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