Saddam again ejected from genocide trial

Saddam Hussein and one of his co-defendants were ejected from the courtroom in a tumultuous session in Baghdad today that saw the Iraqi defendants engage in a shouting match with the chief judge.

Saddam was removed first. Then his former defence minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, was kicked out after yelling at judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, head of a five-member panel, for throwing the former president out of the court.