BREAKING (at least I just saw it):
Judge in Saddam’s genocide trial ousted
Iraq removed the judge in Saddam Hussein’s trial Tuesday. The judge had previously made statements deemed favorable to the former Iraqi leader, telling him in court one day, “You were not a dictator.”
You don’t have to follow the link. That’s the whole article. For now.
UPDATE: There is more at the link now.
The station did not say why the change was made, but the Arab satellite stations Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera said Judge Abdullah al-Amiri was replaced at the request of the Iraqi prime minister.
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Prosecutors had asked for al-Amiri to be replaced after he allowed Saddam to lash out at Kurdish witnesses. And last week, al-Amiri stirred further controversy when he told the former president that “you were not a dictator.”
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