Free Republic

An Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence for ousted President Saddam Hussein, Iraq's national security adviser has said. "The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam [Hussein]," Mouwafak al-Ruabaie said. On 5 November, an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein to death for the 1982 killings of 148 Kurds in Dujail. The former leader's lawyers had launched an appeal following last month's verdict.