Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer walked out of the former leader's trial Monday after a dozen defense requests were rejected. The chief judge immediately appointed other attorneys to defend the deposed president.

Chief defense attorney Khalil al-Dulaimi had just 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.

Is this trial for real? Who ever heard of a defense team "boycotting a trial or walking out of court in protest? I hope none of the criminals in the U.S. decide to try it these tactics.


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