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Saddam prefers death by shooting, trial to
resume on 24 January
3.1.2006
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3 Jan.2006 - Saddam
Hussein said he would rather die by firing squad
than by hanging if he is sentenced to death for war
crimes, according to a report in "The Washington
Times" today.
The U.S. daily quoted a lawyer for the ousted Iraqi
leader as saying Hussein made the comments last
month during a break in his trial.
Lawyer Issam Ghazzawi said he and another lawyer,
former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, raised
the possibility that Hussein might be sentenced to
death if convicted of war crimes.
Ghazzawi said Hussein told them: "I am the commander
in chief.... I prefer it to be by firing squad."
Hussein's trial on charges of crimes against
humanity is set to resume on 24 January.
(RFE/RL) |
Former dictator Saddam Hussein
Photo : AFP
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