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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -- The Iraqi government said it had secured the dismissal of the chief judge trying Saddam Hussein on genocide charges after he said last week that the former Iraqi president was not a dictator.
Government spokesman Ali Dabbagh told Reuters the court had agreed to replace Abdullah al-Amiri with a new judge.
The court could not be immediately reached to confirm this development. A U.S. official close to the court said he was unaware of any change.
"We have asked the court to replace the judge because he has lost his neutrality after he made comments saying Saddam is not a dictator," Dabbagh said.
"The court told us he has already been replaced. This was a decision by the cabinet of the prime minister."
The court is trying Hussein, his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali," and five others on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in the 1988 Anfal campaign against ethnic Kurds.
Hussein and al-Majeed also face the graver charge of genocide. If found guilty, all men face death by hanging.
A judge in a separate trial of Hussein for killing Shiites in the 1980s stepped down this year, citing political interference from the government.
The court was initially set up by U.S. occupying forces to try Hussein for crimes committed during his rule. It is now run by Iraqis, although Americans act as advisers.
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