Some process issues maybe

Some process issues maybe?

You probably remember last week that the judge in the Saddam Hussein genocide and general evilness trial told Saddam that he didn’t think Saddam was a dictator.

Now comes word that the judge has been tossed for lacking impartiality. That seems understandable, I guess. But a government spokesman, Ali Dabbagh, says that “this was a decision by the cabinet of the prime minister.”

Isn’t something like this supposed to be up to a higher judicial authority?