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Saddam lawyers not surprised at upholding of death verdict
 AMMAN - The defence team of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said Tuesday they were not surprised by the Iraqi Court of Cassations decision to uphold the death penalty passed on the former dictator and two of his aides.
| I'm not surprised either. |
We have not been surprised by either the first death verdict nor by the Court of Cassations decision, the head of Saddams defence panel Khalil Duleimi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. These are political courts that have nothing do with legality, because they have been set up by invaders and people who came from Iran and their agendas met on the destruction of Iraq and its people, he said.
| Which was reserved to Sammy! |
The death sentence passed on Saddam Hussein was upheld Tuesday. A tribunal handed down the verdicts on November 5 after finding Saddam and other two former officials guilty of the murder of 148 Iraqi Shias following a failed attempt on Saddams life in the village of Dujail in 1982. Saddams death by hanging must now be carried out within 30 days.
President Saddam has been tried by his political foes and the verdict represents the justice of the victorious, Duleimi said. He issued an appeal to all international legal organizations to intervene not for the sake of rescuing persons but for salvaging Iraq which is heading to destruction, thanks to the policies of its crazy government.
| He'll keep talking big right up to the moment Sammy swings, and then it will be 'Saddam who'? |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-12-27 |
