Saddam judge to stay
2006-01-14 11:59
Baghdad - The judge presiding over the Iraqi tribunal trying deposed dictator Saddam Hussein intends to stay in his job, Iraqi judicial officials said Saturday after a report suggested he might step down.
"These reports are baseless and the judge has shown no intention of resigning," said an official close to the Iraqi High Tribunal who requested anonymity.
Iraqi newspapers on Saturday said Rizkar Mohammed Amin, a Kurd, intended to step down as judge presiding over the trial of Saddam and seven co-accused.
The men are charged with ordering the massacre of more than 140 Shiites in the town of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt on the Iraqi leader.
- AFP