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Article: Chief Judge in Saddam Trial Replaced
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- September 19, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial was replaced Tuesday amid complaints from Shiite and Kurdish officials that he was too easy on the deposed Iraqi leader.
It was the second time that a chief judge was changed while Saddam was on trial; in each case there were accusations that Saddam was allowed too much leeway in court.
Abdullah al-Amiri was replaced on the five-member panel by his deputy in the trial, Mohammed al-Uraibiy, a court official said. The new chief judge is a Shiite Arab, as is al-Amiri.
The Iraqi High Tribunal, the country's supreme court, sought the change and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki approved it, a government official said. Both ...