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| The brother-in-law of Mohammad Oreibi al-Khalifa, the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein, has been shot dead, police sources say. | |
| Gunmen opened fire on Kadhem Abdul Hussein's car as he was driving in West Baghdad on Thursday evening, they say. | |
| Reports said his son was with him at the time and may also have died. | |
| All involved in the trials of the former Iraqi leader are regarded to be at high risk. Three defence lawyers have been murdered since last October. | All involved in the trials of the former Iraqi leader are regarded to be at high risk. Three defence lawyers have been murdered since last October. |
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| A police source told Reuters news agency the attack happened in a large Sunni Arab neighbourhood in the Iraqi capital at 1900 local time (1500 GMT) on Thursday. | |
| Kadhem Abdul Hussein was the husband of the judge's sister, sources said. | |
| Chief Judge al-Khalifa, a Shia, was appointed to the Saddam Hussein trial last week after the government asked the court to sack his predecessor over concerns about his neutrality. | |
| Chief Judge Abdullah al-Amiri had sparked controversy by saying the ex-leader had not been a dictator. |