Saddam judge ousted; no quick US troop cuts
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The United States will maintain its   enlarged force in Iraq at current levels until at least mid   -2007, the top U.S. general in the Middle East said on Tuesday,   as Washington scrambles to prevent all-out sectarian war.
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BAGHDAD A bitter political struggle has erupted over control of the special Iraqi tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his associates, with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his rivals maneuvering for influence over the appointment of judges
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A new judge expelled a defiant Saddam   Hussein from his genocide trial on Wednesday and defense   lawyers stormed off in protest after the government sacked the   chief judge, throwing the month-old case into turmoil.
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Saddam Hussein was ejected from his   genocide trial for a third day on Tuesday and his co-defendants   tried to storm out after him, as chaos reined following the   sacking of the chief judge last week.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday for the latest hearing in his trial for   genocide against ethnic Kurds but his defense lawyers stayed   away in protest after the Iraqi government fired the judge.
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BAGHDAD -- The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial told the former president yesterday that ``you were not a dictator," sparking Kurdish demands that he be replaced.
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Saddam Hussein is ordered out of court by the new chief judge at his genocide trial in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD: An Iraqi judge denied Thursday that murder charges against the former head of Iraq&#39;s special tribunal, Salam Chalabi, had been dropped after the prominent lawyer declared he had been found innocent.
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A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.
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(CBS) The United States didn&#39;t have enough troops in Iraq immediately following the ouster of Saddam Hussein and &quot;paid a big price&quot; for it, the former head of the US occupation there said Monday.
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The chief prosecutor in Saddam   Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds demanded on   Wednesday that the chief judge resign for being too soft on the   former Iraqi president and his six co-accused.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein&#39;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.
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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 abandoned his neutrality by stating that   the ousted leader was not a dictator.
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A federal judge turned aside one of Saddam Hussein's lawyers who wants an American court to step in and issue a stay of execution.
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U.S.-led forces turned over control of Iraq's military command to the Shiite-led government Thursday, a key step toward the eventual withdrawal of foreign troops.
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The chief investigating judge of Iraq's Central Criminal Court said Monday that he had "temporarily dismissed" a counterfeiting case against Ahmed Chalabi, the exile leader who was supported by the Pentagon before the war but became a leading critic of the U.S. occupation.
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Saddam Hussein's trial judge says he was not a dictator, a day after being accused of pro-Saddam bias.