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Saddam lawyers announce court boycott over security demands Jeannie Shawl at 12:20 PM ET [JURIST] Defense lawyers representing Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] have announced that they will boycott the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website], following through on a threat to boycott [JURIST report] made after one of the defense lawyers for a Hussein co-defendant was kidnapped and murdered [JURIST report] last week. Lead counsel Khalil al-Dulaimi said that Hussein's defense team would boycott until demands for better security [JURIST report] are met, and called for an additional delay in the proceedings. After the Saddam trial [JURIST news archive] opened in Baghdad earlier this month, proceedings were adjourned until November 28 [JURIST report]. AFP has more.
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