Sunday, November 05, 2006

Saddam co-defendants sentenced to hang (AP)

Iraq Kurds celebrate the death penalty verdict to former leader Saddam Hussein in Kirkuk 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad Nov. 5 2006.  Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang as the visibly shaken former leader shouted 'God is great!' . (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)AP - An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced Saddam Hussein to the gallows for crimes against humanity convicting the former dictator and six subordinates for one nearly quarter-century-old case of violent suppression in this land of long memories deep grudges and sectarian slaughter.


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