Break the silence

Gabriele Zamparini

The sectarian lynching of two codefendants of the assassinated President of Iraq Saddam Hussein has been postponed "due to international pressure". UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "fully endorses the call made today by (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Louise Arbour for restraint by the government of Iraq in the execution of the death sentences imposed by the Iraqi high tribunal." There is not much time left. Baha al-Araji, an influential Shiite lawmaker from radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr`s parliamentary bloc, said: "I am sure it will be done on Sunday."...

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