Saddam's defence lawyer walks out of genocide trial

Saddam Hussein’s chief lawyer walked out of a Baghdad court today after most of his requests were rejected, but the chief judge immediately appointed other lawyers to defend the deposed former Iraqi president.

The walkout came shortly after chief defence lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi ended a month-long boycott of the trial in which Saddam and six other defendants are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for a 1987-88 offensive against Iraq’s Kurdish population.