SADDAM SENTENCED TO DEATH!, will be hanged Options

[jonathan83]

Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad on Sunday sentenced a combative Saddam Hussein and two other defendants to death by hanging for a brutal crackdown in 1982 in the Shiite town of Dujail.

Despite a curfew, Iraqis in Baghdad spilled out into the streets to celebrate the verdict. But protests were held in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

• Saddam Hussein receives death sentence for his role in 1982 crackdown
• Appeal is automatic; if sentence upheld, execution must be within 30 days
• Crowds jubilant in Shiite areas, angry in Hussein's hometown
• Iraqi prime minister: "Hussein era is now in the past"

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11...ddam/index.html

This post has been edited by jonathan83: Nov 5 2006, 09:32 AM

[The Fanatic]

One thing that kind of upsets me about the trial and ruling is that I believe that Saddam should have went to the world court and not the Iraqi court. Yes, he did commit crimes against Iraqi people, but he also was responsible for evil deeds against the Iranians during the 80's.