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11-06-2006, 08:44 AM
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Saddam Hussein sentenced to hang..
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/natio...9-1ba57221e05a
NEWS STORY Saddam Hussein sentenced to hang Convicted in 1982 Iraq killings Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein stands as the verdict is delivered during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Sunday Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentence him to die by hanging. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!" |
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11-06-2006, 11:53 AM
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I am not surprised he is found guilty. But as appeal is automatic, the sentence is not definitive at all. Now people there have to choose whether or not to hang him, if the decision stands.
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