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Article: Hussein's Day at Trial: More Rancor and a Fight; Pandemonium Greets New Chief Judge, Who Orders Ex-Leader Removed From Courtroom
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- The Washington Post
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- January 30, 2006
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Angry tirades and a brawl marked the return of Saddam Hussein to
the defendant's dock Sunday, as a new chief judge proved incapable of
stopping the disorder that has dominated the trial of Iraq's deposed
dictator.
The session, the first in a month, was the most rancorous yet in
an already turbulent trial. Barzan Ibrahim, a co-defendant and
Hussein's half brother, was dragged out fighting with bailiffs after
he insulted the court. Defense attorneys walked out in protest,
saying the trial was unfair, and Hussein was escorted from the room
after a shouting match with Chief Judge Raouf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman,