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Official: Saddam Judge Offers Resignation
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jan 14, 2006 11:07pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Sunday, January 15, 2006 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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 Saddam 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 Saddam's trial, Jaafar al-Mousawi, told The Associated Press that Amin's resignation — if accepted — would not affect the proceedings because he could be quickly replaced.
"There are substitutes. If any judge wanted to resign it wouldn't hinder the trial process," he said. |
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