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  • Iraq Government hails Saddam verdict

    11/05/2006 3:09:46 AM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 3 replies · 336+ views
    Sunday Herald Sun ^ | 5 November 2006
    IRAQ'S Government said today Saddam Hussein got what he deserved when an Iraqi court sentenced him to hang, but a senior Sunni Arab Member of Parliament dismissed today's verdict as political. “The verdict is as expected,” said Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the Shiite-led Coalition Government, after the ousted president was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. “This is the least that Saddam deserved because his crimes were great. No further punishment was possible.” However, a senior Sunni Arab parliamentarian, who asked not be quoted by name for fear of sectarian reprisals, said: “This is a political verdict from a...