What is this rompa room?

[awq]

I've been watching the trial of Saddam Hussein on court t.v.. The voices in Arabic are louder then the translator. The same translator's voice is being used for everyone, so I can't tell who said what. The former Dictator is kept in what looks like a huge baby play pen, and every one who is not Hussein has a small table cloth on there head.
Why can't the people of Iraq skip this silly formality, declare this man innocent, and give him his dictatorship back?