Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging on Sunday by a court in Iraq, terminating the case of a callous ruller who had several high-profile war crimes notably the imposed war against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman ordered bailiffs at the high tribunal to force Saddam to stand before the court as, visibly trembling, the former strongman attempted to shout down the verdict.
"Make him stand," proclaimed Rahman.
"The highest penalty should be implemented," Rahman declared.
Saddam's death sentence only addressed his role in ordering the deaths of 148 Shiites in the village of Dujail, north of Baghdad.
Saddam's half-brother and intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti was also sentenced to death, as was Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, who was convicted as the President of the court which ordered the Shiites executed.
The former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan received a life sentence, while three Baath party officials from Dujail received 15 years each and a fourth, more junior figure, was cleared.
The verdict seen by many as a propaganda push timed to inspire more votes for George W. Bush whose party licks wounds of failed schams in Iraq wrapped a breathtaking moment of possible dock for the country's flagrant support to the criminal Saddam.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
IRIB: "Saddam to be hung, America escapes"
I think we have a Juche sentence of the day:
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