New judge ejects Hussein
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The new chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial ejected the ousted Iraqi leader from the courtroom for refusing to sit down moments after proceedings resumed today in Baghdad. The new judge took over the trial a day after Iraq's government demanded that the original judge, Adullah al-Almiri, be replaced because of his statement that the deposed leader was not a dictator.
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Saddam Hussein wrote to the judge in the ethnic Kurdish genocide trial to tell him he would no longer attend court sessions to protest against being repeatedly silenced from speaking, his chief lawyer said on Tuesday.
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CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - A former US commander at the Iraqi jail that held Saddam Hussein was acquitted yesterday of aiding the enemy but received two years imprisonment for convictions on other charges after asking for leniency from the judge.
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Iraq's government said on Tuesday it   had sacked the chief judge trying Saddam Hussein on genocide   charges, saying he had sacrificed his neutrality by stating   last week the ousted leader was not a dictator.
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Three members of the former Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein -- including the man known as "Chemical Ali" -- will be executed within 30 days, senior appellate Judge Munir Haddad said Tuesday.
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The judge in charge of Saddam Hussein's genocide trial is to be replaced, Iraqi state TV has reported.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday, five days after a new chief judge ejected   him from his genocide trial, but the ousted president's lawyers   boycotted the proceedings.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime to court next week for the first time since they appeared before a judge five months ago, and formal indictments could be issued next month. Many have been in custody for more than a year and have not met with lawyers, prompting Saddam's attorneys to cry foul.
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BAGHDAD - Saddam Husseinâs cousin and feared lieutenant Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as âChemical Aliâ, and former defence minister Sultan Hashem appeared before an investigating magistrate on Saturday, an Iraqi judge said.
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Saddam Hussein was lectured on judicial ethics at his genocide trial Tuesday, a day after the presiding judge threw him out of court because he protested the replacement of his lawyers.
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The chief judge ejected one of Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers on Wednesday for "insulting the court" in the former Iraqi leader's trial for genocide in a military offensive against Kurds in the 1980s.
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Saddam Hussein's genocide trial resumed Monday with Kurds still angry with the chief judge for telling the ousted president that he was not a dictator.
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Federal judge Charles Pickering, appointed by President Bush less than a year ago without Congressional approval, said Wednesday he will step down from the bench.
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Saddam Hussein was ejected from his   genocide trial for a third consecutive time on Tuesday as chaos   reigned following the sacking of the chief judge last week.
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BAGHDAD - Two top aides to ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, including his lieutenant Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as &quot;Chemical Ali,&quot; appeared at a pre-trial hearing on Saturday, an Iraqi judge said.
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BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein's lawyers stormed out of his genocide trial yesterday to protest a government attempt to sack the tribunal's chief judge, a move against the theoretically independent judiciary that has pitched the troubled trial into chaos.
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The judge presiding over the second prosecution of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has removed himself from the case after prosecutors claimed he improperly conducted his own investigation into whether Muhammad had been denied a speedy trial.