Saddam lawyer vows to continue trial boycott

Saddam Hussein’s chief lawyer vowed to continue boycotting his Kurdish genocide trial today to protest the removal of the trial’s first chief judge and the court’s refusal to allow defence lawyers to examine thousands of documents.

Lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi said the decision was made after he met with the deposed Iraqi leader on October 2 and because of “repeated violations by the court.”