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| Iraq to restore death penalty after 30th |
| 2004-06-07 |
| Iraq is to restore the death penalty after the return of sovereignty later this month, in a measure which could affect ousted president Saddam Hussein, Justice Minister Malik Dohan al-Hassan said on Sunday. "The death penalty is suspended in Iraq but with the return of sovereignty, nothing obliges us to maintain this suspension. We want to re-institute it for very specific cases," he told AFP. "Under Saddam Hussein, there were some 120 crimes punishable by death but we are going to narrow it down," the minister said. The justice minister, less than a week after his appointment, was adamant that Saddam deserved no less than the firing squad. "Some people ask me if Saddam Hussein can escape a death sentence. For me, his case is very simple. He was the head of the armed forces and he deserted. According to his own laws, his crime is already punishable by death," he said. Works for me. I hope the UN guy-Barwhomi- and anti-death penalty coalition partners don’t get their panties in a twist over Iraq’s decision. |
| Posted by:rex |
| #6 But wait--isn't it inhumane? I would love to hear the Europeans sput-sput-sputtering for an explanation of why Iraqis should be allowed to make a "sovereign" decision on their country's laws. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-07 9:56:50 AM |
| #5 Like Al Capone being sent down for tax evasion - it doesn't matter how it happens, just make sure he's dealt with. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-06-07 5:01:23 AM |
| #4 I think the Justice Minister's comments, #2, were in anticipation of Saddam's slimeball lawyers trying to pull every trick in the book to get Saddam off "atrocities" [duh...mass murders? no kidding? Uncle Saddam had no idea his evil sons and his twisted commanders were doing these awful things against his beloved Iraqi subjects...] So the Justice Minister is basically saying - try what you will to get him off but Saddam will hang for deserting his army and hiding in a spider hole. We have that on videotape. Checkmate. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-06-07 2:23:34 AM |
| #3 If Arabs execute criminals, that's ok with the EUnuchs. They are, after all, the oppressed by definition and allowed to do anything. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-06-07 1:58:02 AM |
| #2 He was the head of the armed forces and he deserted. I somehow thing they will find something else to charge him with. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-07 1:28:51 AM |
| #1 the euros prefer life imprisonment with humiliating mensuating female panties headress and regular arabo-homo naked man pyramids as seen in the latest incarnation of u.s. progressive corrective institutions |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-06-07 12:57:38 AM |