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Iraq
Iraqi President Urges Delay in Hanging Sammy's Co-Defendants
2007-01-11
SULEIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday said delay the execution of two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants.
This is not the time to lose your nerve.
Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, were sentenced to death after being found guilty along with Saddam of involvement in killing 148 Shiite Muslims after a 1982 assassination attempt on the former leader in the northern town of Dujail.

Their executions were postponed, however, until after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which ended a week ago. Iraqi officials have said the two men were expected to be hanged in the coming days, but no date has been released.

"In my opinion we should wait on the executions," Talabani said Wednesday at a news conference with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad. "We should examine the situation," he said without elaborating.
Sounds like the tranzis got to him.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that Khalilzad asked him to delay Saddam's execution for 10 days to two weeks, but added that Iraqi officials rejected the demand.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Talabani long ago joined an int. lawyers' group opposed to capital punishment. He's worked out an arrangement where the other members of the presidency council sign off on executions - his position doesn't impede the process.
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-01-11 21:26  

#1  15 minues. You've got only 15 minutes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-01-11 10:03  

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