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Laith Kubba favoring Hussein's prompt
execution
14.10.2005
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Laith Kubba, Iraq's
government's chief spokesman, and Rubaie, Iraq's
national security advisor, are on record favoring
Hussein's prompt execution if he is convicted in his
first trial. The officials, both Shiites, contend
that this would stabilize Iraq. As Rubaie put it,
"Saddam's mere presence is fueling the insurgency….
The head of this thing must be crushed."
But that idea has stirred opposition from Kurdish
leaders and others determined to require Hussein to
answer for all his alleged crimes. They include
Anfal and the brutal response to the Shiite uprising
that followed the Persian Gulf War in 1991. The
violence is widely believed to have ended with
150,000 people bulldozed into mass graves. |
Former dictator
Saddam Hussein
Photo : AP
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If Hussein is convicted, the trial judges will
impose a sentence. A death sentence would go to a
nine-judge appeals chamber of the same tribunal. If
the penalty stood, the trial judges could delay it
in the interest of holding Hussein to stand trial on
other charges or testify in the trials of former
subordinates.
The prosecutor believes Hussein will be spared
execution until all his trials run their course.
"Let the trials take years," he said. "The important
thing is that justice should prevail."
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