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Saddam trial judge Amin plans to quit
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-14 11:19

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - The chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein plans to step down, a source close to the judge told Reuters on Friday, in a development that could throw an already turbulent process into further disarray.

Presiding Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin listens to testimony as the trial of Saddam Hussein resumes in Baghdad in this December 21, 2005 file photo.
Presiding Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin listens to testimony as the trial of Saddam Hussein resumes in Baghdad in this December 21, 2005 file photo. [Reuters]
"He wants to withdraw," the source said of Rizgar Amin, who is to preside over the next hearing on January 24. "He will oversee the next sitting and then announce his reasons for withdrawing."

Asked why the Kurdish judge, based in the northern city of Sulaimaniya, wanted to pull out of a trial that has made his face familiar around the world during long days of television coverage, he would say only: "It is too difficult."

The killing of two defense lawyers has already highlighted problems with the process in a country mired in a virtual civil war that pits Saddam's fellow minority Sunni Arabs against a U.S.-backed government run by Shi'ite Muslims and ethnic Kurds intent on hanging a man they say massacred their peoples.

Kidnapping and murder have become commonplace and human rights groups have questioned the wisdom of pushing ahead with a trial in Baghdad rather than an international process in The Hague or elsewhere.

Court officials were not immediately available for comment.

There is already a precedent in the trial, which opened on October 19, for replacing one of the panel of five judges, so in principle Amin's departure may cause little upset; a judge quit to avoid a potential conflict of interest over one of the eight defendants' alleged role in the death of a relative.

But in practice, the resignation of the most visible face of the court outside of the dock may be an embarrassment for the Iraqi government and U.S. officials keen to show the world that Iraqis are capable of giving their former leader a fair trial.

Amin, 48, told Reuters in November that his family worried about him and he had taken on two bodyguards after pressure from friends. But he stressed: "A judge should never be afraid because he defends justice and the law."

Only one other of the five judges on the panel has allowed himself to be seen on camera and many of the witnesses called so far to testify to crimes against humanity committed against over 140 Shi'ite men from the town of Dujail have spoken behind a screen with their voices distorted to avoid retribution.
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