 Saddam Hussein accused the chief judge in his genocide trial Monday of violating the law by appointing defense attorneys against his wishes after the ex-president's own lawyer walked out of the proceedings.Khalil al-Dulaimi stormed out of the courtroom shortly he ended a month-long boycott of the trial in which Saddam and six others are charged for their alleged roles in Operation Anfal, a crackdown against Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s.Al-Dulaimi submitted a dozen motions, including one to allow foreign lawyers to attend the trial without permission of the court.But chief judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa denied most of them, prompting the defense lawyer to announce that "I'm withdrawing" from the trial."I allow you to withdraw. Go ahead," the judge responded.Al-Khalifa rebuked al-Dulaimi for insisting on referring to Saddam as president of Iraq....
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