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New Chief Judge Ejects Saddam from Genocide Trial
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1407235:A6F02AD83191E1608758A26E1B37E7099574F7DCC14957C0 Saddam's lawyers
also walked out of Baghdad court as trial resumed with Mohammed
al-Ureybi as presiding judge The new chief judge in the genocide trial
of Saddam Hussein ejected the former Iraqi leader from the courtroom
minutes after he tried to protest the appointment of the jurist.







Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein argues with the new chief judge
in Baghdad, 20 September 2006Saddam's lawyers also walked out of the
Baghdad court Wednesday, after the trial resumed with Mohammed
al-Ureybi as presiding judge.

Judge Ureybi - a Shi'ite Muslim Arab - replaced Abdullah al-Amiri, who
was dismissed Tuesday, after prosecutors accused him of bias toward
Saddam.

Last week, judge Amiri interrupted testimony about Saddam's
dictatorial rule and assured the ousted leader he was not a dictator.

The former leader and six co-defendants are accused of killing more
than 180 thousand Kurds in the late 1980s by ordering the use of
poison gas in the Anfal military campaign against the Kurdish
community in northern Iraq.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

 


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