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| Judge throws Saddam out of court | Judge throws Saddam out of court |
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| The chief judge at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has expelled the former Iraqi leader from court after he shouted out a verse from the Koran. | The chief judge at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has expelled the former Iraqi leader from court after he shouted out a verse from the Koran. |
| It is the fourth time in recent weeks the former dictator has been ejected from his Baghdad trial for alleged war crimes and genocide against the Kurds. | It is the fourth time in recent weeks the former dictator has been ejected from his Baghdad trial for alleged war crimes and genocide against the Kurds. |
| Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa cut off Saddam Hussein's microphone and ordered bailiffs to escort him out. | Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa cut off Saddam Hussein's microphone and ordered bailiffs to escort him out. |
| A second defendant was also ejected and the trial continued in closed session. | |
| When the judge ordered Saddam thrown out of the court his co-defendants stood up to protest. | |
| One of them, Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti, was ejected and punched a bailiff who had tried to force him into his seat. | |
| Saddam Hussein and six others, including his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, are on trial over the killing of up to 180,000 Kurdish civilians during Operation Anfal in the 1980s. | Saddam Hussein and six others, including his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, are on trial over the killing of up to 180,000 Kurdish civilians during Operation Anfal in the 1980s. |
| Saddam Hussein has already been tried for the killing of 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982 and a judgement is awaited. | Saddam Hussein has already been tried for the killing of 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982 and a judgement is awaited. |