The chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein on Wednesday ejected a key defence lawyer and ordered him to be arrested for a day for "insulting the court".
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Chief judge Mohammed al-Oreibi al-Khalifah ordered the arrest of Badie Aref, always a vocal presence in the trial.
Aref is defending Farhan al-Juburi, the former head of military intelligence in northern Iraq.
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