Saddam's many judges

They seem to be having trouble getting Saddam's trial going. The last chief judge threw in the towel a few days ago. Now, the new one has been denounced.

The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein has been thrown into fresh confusion when a senior official denounced the new chief judge as a member of Saddam's banned Baath party who should be barred from office.

Ali Faisal, executive manager of the independent Debaathification Commission, said Sayid al-Hamashi was the object of a debaathification inquiry.

"His presence in this court violates the statutes ... and he must be replaced," he said.

It's a bit comical I think.