Amman, Nov 24, SPA -- Defense lawyers will attend nextweek's trial of Saddam Hussein and seven top members of hisousted regime, dropping a threat to boycott the proceedingsbecause of the killing of two counsel, a spokesman for thedefense said Thursday. "All the lawyers will attend the trial on Monday and adecision has been taken not to leave the (toppled Iraqi)President (Saddam Hussein) alone," Issam Ghazawi told TheAssociated Press. "We will not allow the court to appoint other lawyers,"Ghazawi said. "The lawyers are forced to attend thehearings, despite serious threats on their lives, but theywant to do that to serve justice." Defense lawyers have feared for their lives since Oct. 20,the day after the trial began, when attorney Saadounal-Janabi was kidnapped by masked gunmen. His body wasfound the next day with bullet holes in the head. On Nov. 8, defense lawyer Adel al-Zubeidi was killed in anambush and a colleague, Thamir al-Khuzaie, was wounded.Al-Khuzaie fled the country and asked for asylum in Qatar. The defense has asked the authorities for increasedprotection and threatened to boycott the trial unless thiswas provided. Were the defense lawyers to boycott the trial, the IraqiHigh Tribunal would ask "standby" lawyers from its ownDefense Counsel Office to step in, a U.S. official has toldThe AP in Baghdad.--SPA1353 Local Time 1053 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/305114