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| | Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq who was overthrown by U.S. forces, has been sentenced to death by hanging following his conviction in an Iraqi criminal court for crimes against humanity. Hussein and six of his top former aids were found guilty of executing 148 Shiites in the torn of Dujail. The killings were said to have occurred in 1982. They were said to be in retaliation for an attempt on the former Iraqi leader's life at that time. Hussein's brother in law was also given a
death penalty. The former Iraqi vice president, another of the defendants, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison -- as were three other of the defendants. Hussein refused to stand when he was being sentenced by the judge. He eventually did jump to his feet and started shouting: "Long live the nation! Down with the traitors! God is great! We are the people!" One of Hussein's lawyers was not in the courtroom at the time of the sentencing. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who was part of the defense team, was thrown out of the courtroom by the presiding judge because the judge said Clark has "slammed" the Iraqi people. |
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