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Article: Chief judge in trial of Saddam Hussein hands in resignation; trial will continue
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- January 15, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial has
submitted his resignation after becoming fed up with criticism that
he had let the proceedings spin out of control, a court official said
Saturday.
But it wasn't clear if Rizgar Mohammed Amin's resignation had been
accepted amid behind-the-scenes efforts to change his mind.
Amin is the head of a five-judge tribunal overseeing the case
against Hussein and seven co-defendants for the deaths of more than
140 Shiite Muslims in the town of Dujail in 1982 in retaliation for
an assassination attempt.
The chief prosecutor in Hussein's trial, Jaafar al-Mousawi, told
The Associated Press that Amin's resignation -- if accepted -- would
not ...