The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed yesterday, during the session prosecutors claimed that expert witnesses have stated that Saddam signed the death warrants for 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982.
The prosecution read out a report by experts, who said the signature on the orders matched the writing of Saddam.
The defence team disputed the claim.
Saddam Hussein sat in a metal pen, as the report was presented in court.
Prosecutors said documents with Saddam's signature also included one approving rewards for intelligence agents involved in the 1982 crackdown.
The defence claim that the experts could not be independent, because they had links to Iraq's interior ministry.
They called for a new set to be appointed from any country apart from Iran.
"And Israel" Saddam Hussein interjected.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday to give the experts more time to study the alleged signatures of Saddam and his former head of the intelligence service, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti.
Tikriti dismissed the prosecution's attempt to prove his role in the Dujail killings, saying his signature was forged.
The trial resumes tomorrow.
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