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Saddam Hussein Judge Replaced
September 20, 2006
Saddam Hussein in court (file photo) (epa)
The Iraqi prime minister's office said the government asked the high tribunal to fire Chief Judge Abdullah al-Amiri because he lost his "neutrality" last week when he said Hussein had not been a "dictator."
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch group has accused the government of interfering with the court's independence by demanding the judge's removal.
(compiled from agency reports)