Death sentence for President Saddam Hussein

Gilles Munier

The verdict of President Saddam Hussein’s first trial and that of seven former Iraqi leaders- the Al Dujail case- due on October 16th has been postponed till November 5 in order "to complete verifications". Actually the postponement has been required by Bush’s public relations consultants in the hope that the announcement of the capital sentence on the Iraqi President, his half-brother, Barzan Al-Tikriti, former head of the secret services before 1984 and the Vice-President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, will help the Republicans secure more votes in the coming half-term elections to be held …two days later. Unless an unforeseen event, the sentences will be enforced within 30 days. By hanging (...) Whatever our views on President Saddam Hussein, it is a fact that the war of aggression on Iraq is regarded as illegal and the arrest of its leaders, an illegal act. The verdict that will be passed on November 5 by "the Green Zone Magistrates" will have no legal standing...

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