The trial of the toppled leader Saddam Hussein and six of his aides resumed in Baghdad on Monday, with Saddam's defense team will boycott his genocide trial. -Xinhua/Reuters

The trial of the toppled leader Saddam Hussein and six of his aides resumed in Baghdad on Monday, with Saddam's defense team will boycott his genocide trial.

Chief Judge Mohammed al-Ureybi, presided Monday session after five-day break.

Khalil al-Dulaimi, chief lawyers of Saddam and his aides, has said from Amman late Sunday that his defense team will boycott the trial protesting the replacement of judge al-Amiri and other violations of judicial rules.

Saddam, his cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali", and five former commanders face charges of genocide for their role in Anfal, which the chief prosecutor said left 182,000 people dead or missing.

Saddam, who is awaiting a possible death sentence verdict for a separate case involving the killing of some 148 Shiite countrymen.

All the main charges in Anfal carry the death penalty.