Posted on 11/05/2006 12:33:24 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu
A court in Baghdad has begun its session to deliver the verdict in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity.
Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants were charged with killing 148 villagers in the mostly Shia town of Dujail.
If found guilty, Saddam could be sentenced to death.
A total curfew was imposed on Baghdad and two other provinces ahead of the verdict, amid fears of a violent reaction from Saddam's supporters.
Maybe Ramsey Clark will slit his wrist in protest.
One can hope.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732574/posts
Saddam sentanced to death!
Fox News ^ | 11/4/06 | Fox News
Posted on 11/05/2006 1:04:49 AM PST by Yossarian
Saddam Hussien just sentanced to death - announced on FOX News!
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I am literally cheering!
WOO-HOO!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.html
"Hussein hearing begins; one defendant cleared"
POSTED: 3:46 a.m. EST, November 5, 2006
From Jomana Karadsheh
CNN
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday cleared one of the eight defendants in the Dujail case.
Mohammed Azzawi Ali, a former Dujail Baath Party official, was exonerated because, the court said, there was insufficient evidence against him.
The court has begun its session where it is issuing verdicts and sentences for Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants in the Dujail case.
The defendants were filing into the courtroom to receive their sentences from a five-judge panel.
Defense attorney Ramsey Clark was also in court, but he was soon ousted by judges.
The court asked Clark to leave, saying he had come here from America to mock the Iraqi people and this court.
Hussein could be sentenced to death by hanging for his role in a brutal crackdown nearly 25 years ago in Dujail -- the once obscure Iraqi town that is now a symbol of his regime's cruelty.
The tribunal meeting in Baghdad to render verdicts for the co-defendants for their roles in a widescale, systematic attack on the Shiite town after someone tried to assassinate Hussein during a visit on July 8, 1982.
The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for the former dictator and two other defendants -- Barzan Hassan, Hussein's half-brother and former head of the intelligence agency, and Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former member of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council. (Watch scenes from Dujail crackdown, Baghdad preparations -- 3:20 )
The tribunal is meeting amid heavy security and sweeping curfews in Baghdad and elsewhere, as authorities brace for violent reactions to the verdicts. (Full story)
This chapter of the much-criticized trial, which began in October 2005, comes nearly three years after U.S.-led forces plucked Hussein out of hiding and a few days before U.S. midterm elections on November 7.
Automatic appeals"
i just let out a loud w00t! lol then went to wake up hubby and tell him. YES!!!
Hey guys Saddam Hussein HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND SENTANCED TO DEATH! As per FOXNEWS.Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Iwonder how the left will spin this over the next two days before the election?
Now the talking heads are "analyzing" the verdicts. The court is ajourning.
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,22049,20705745-5001028,00.html
Guilty verdicts for Saddam co-accused
From correspondents in Baghdad
November 05, 2006 12:00
Article from: Agence France-Presse
THE verdict hearing of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is underway in Baghdad with three of his co-accused found guilty of murder and torture and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Saddam Hussein deputy and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentenced to life in prison as verdicts were issued in the deposed Iraqi leader's trial for crimes against humanity.
A former Baath Party official, Mohammed Azawi Ali, was acquitted and immediately freed for lack of evidence.
More follows...
Your help here was/is very much appreciated.
Courtney Kealy, FOXNEWS producer in Baghdad, giving a graphic description from inside the courtroom. I sure hope FOX NEWS post her entire description online, of Saddam's behavior and the process.
The judge threw Ramsey Clark out of the courtroom before the verdicts were read.
Much appreciated.
You are welcome. I realize many don't have a TV in front of them so I tried to give a blow by blow. We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
WATCHING THE BLOGS:
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=Iraq&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d
Thank you.
Perhaps T-H-I-S will constitute our "November" Surprise!! Ever wonder what that judge was thinking announcing this on November 5th...just two days before we all go to the polls????
Nancee
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