Saddam lawyers walk out of trial
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-20 15:39 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam
Hussein's lawyers walked out of his trial Wednesday to protest the replacement
of the chief judge for allegedly favoring the defense.
The deposed leader was ordered to leave the courtroom.
Mohammed al-Uraibiy was presiding in place of Abdullah al-Amiri, who was
removed after he was accused of being too soft on the former Iraqi leader.
When the session began the defense lawyers questioned the impartiality of the
trial.
"We don't expect this court established under the occupation authorities to
be fair, so we decided to withdraw from this trial," defense lawyer Wadoud Fawzi
told the court, reading a statement on behalf of the defense team.
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