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By Jim Randle
Irbil, Iraq
25 September 2006
 
Saddam Hussein's stormy trial on genocide and other charges has resumed in Baghdad. The trial was in session just two hours before the former Iraqi leader was thrown out of court - again.

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Former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein argues with the judge as he sits in the court during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006
Former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein argues with the judge as he sits in the court during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006		    
     
Defendant1 Saddam Hussein told the presiding judge he did not want to be kept in a courtroom cage anymore. His demand annoyed chief judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, who ordered Saddam removed from the court.

Saddam's defense2 lawyers were already staging a boycott3 of the court session to protest last week's removal of the previous chief judge for failing to be neutral.

The court appointed other attorneys to take over the defense, and got down to the business of hearing from a series of Kurdish witnesses.

One elderly man complained that a chemical weapons attack by Iraq's military destroyed the sight in one of his eyes. He said later all the people in his village were rounded up by Iraqi security forces and taken to a larger city where they were held prisoner. While they were captive, one of the guards forced some of the young women to have sex.

Questions from defense lawyers tried to cast the Kurds not as victims, but as anti-government fighters in league with Iran.

The charges against Saddam and six former subordinates grow out of the 1988 Anfal campaign that prosecutors4 say killed more than 180,000 Kurds. Some of the victims were killed with chemical weapons.

The defendants5 could face the death penalty if they are convicted.


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1 defendant mYdzW     
n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的
参考例句：
  • The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
  • The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。
2 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
3 boycott EW3zC     
n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与
参考例句：
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
4 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
5 defendants 7d469c27ef878c3ccf7daf5b6ab392dc     
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

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