(20 Sep 2006)
Pool
1. New chief judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
2. Saddam Hussein and co-defendants in dock
3. Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein, Former Iraqi leader:
''This is our personal right, read the law well.''
(Chief Judge: "Sit down")
Saddam Hussein: "You should deal with us according to law."
(Chief Judge: "Sit down")
Saddam: "The law allows me and I tell you: Listen to me, I am here to express my opinion."
(Chief Judge: "I am head of the session and I decide to whom I listen. Sit down. The court decided to expel the defendant Saddam from the courtroom because of disrupting the session.")
Saddam: "Shouting with unclear words."
(Chief Judge: "Shut up, get out.")
Saddam: "Your father was an agent in the security apparatus, your father was doing surgical operations, and he went on working as a sergeant in the security (forces) until the fall of Baghdad."
(Chief Judge: "I defy you to prove that in front of world public opinion. Get him out. For disrupting the session in accordance with item number 52.")
5. Chief prosecutor talking to his colleague
6. Former Iraqi Defence Minister Sultan Hashim asking to leave the courtroom
7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, Chief Judge
"Sit down, leaving the court and sitting is decided by the Chief Judge only."
8. The defendant Sultan Hashim asking chief Judge for permission to leave the court
9. Empty seats where lawyers normally sit - left empty after they left the court room
10. Defendant Ali Hassan raising his hand to ask permission to speak
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Hassan, Defendant:
''I won't speak any more even to defend myself if you won't allow me to leave the room. I will never speak and I'll accept any judgment even to be executed or any other judgment. I am ready to receive open-minded any judgment with an Iraqi national. Thank you.''
12. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
13. Kurdish female witness
14. Wide defendants in dock with empty seat where Saddam normally sits
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15. Various of street scenes with policeman directing traffic
16. Newspapers on display
17. Headline reading: Judge addressing Saddam, ''You were not a dictator'' with photos of Saddam Hussein and the Chief Judge Abdullah al-Ameri
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Tareq Harab, Legal expert:
''The Presidency council, pursuant to a proposal by the Council of Ministers, has the right to move any Judge or prosecutor from the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court to the Judiciary council. Thus, the question is systematically organised. So it is not the authority of Chief Judge, nor of the Ministers council, it is the authority of the Presidency Council to have the power to move the chief Judge. This agreement of the Presidency Council has not taken place yet, so the decision of replacing one judge with another has not yet been approved according to law.''
19. People looking at newspapers
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qais Rasheed, Vox Pop:
''I am against any interference in the trial. The law should be independent. And if there is any interference, even from the Iraqi government, the trial will be illegal.''
21. Various of street scenes
STORYLINE:
Saddam Hussein's lawyers walked out of his trial hearing on Wednesday to protest against the changing of the chief judge, and the deposed leader was ordered to leave the courtroom.
Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, a Shiite Muslim Arab, was presiding on Wednesday in place of Abdullah al-Amiri, who was removed after he was accused of being too soft on the former Iraqi leader.
Al-Khalifa shouted in response, challenging Saddam to prove the claim.
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